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Super moves: AusSuper, Aware, MLC, JANA, VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
... infrastructure sector, working across infrastructure acquisitions, finance and investment management in Australia, Europe and the United States. Before joining the superannuation giant, Peasley was head of transactions at Hastings Funds Management, a ...

ASIC bans adviser attached to UGC, MWL

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
... and invest a significant portion of their retirement savings into the Global Capital Property Fund. He was authorised by United Global Capital (UGC) at the time. ASIC's investigation into UGC, which is now in liquidation, had found it advised prospective ...

Feature: Compliance | Passing the buck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) bill already topping $67 thanks to other major collapses like Dixon Advisory, United Global Capital and Brite Advisory. "That's a lot of money and the financial advice sector just can't afford it. It's ...

Super complaints decline year-on-year: AFCA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2025
... administration issues, followed by group life insurance (37%), and death benefits 10.3%. In the financial advice sector, United Global Capital had the most complaints with 605, followed by Interprac with 125 and APT Strategy with 49. For managed investment ...

CSLR publishes paid claims details

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025
... dealing sub-sector. Some $1.2 million was paid across 27 claims. There have so far been 19 claims paid out in relation to United Global Capital (UGC), totalling $2.3 million. There will be many more to come, with the Australian Financial Complaints Authority ...

AFCA temporarily reinstates UGC to address complaints

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) has reinstated United Global Capital's (UGC) membership until 31 March 2026, to ensure consumers can lodge complaints regarding Shield and First Guardian Master Fund. UGC was expelled from AFCA membership ...

FEATURE: Problem detected

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
... multi-faceted approach bringing together several pieces of work which will significantly uplift the super sector's united approach to keeping data and member funds safe," Delahunty says. "We released the ASFA Cyber Security Toolkit in May 2025, to ...

BlackRock nabs $122bn Citi mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
... aligned with us as possible. "This sometimes requires pioneering work, as not all asset managers - particularly in the United States - share the same perspective. Nevertheless, we are seeing growing enthusiasm among many parties, who are eager to work ...

FAAA calls for other sectors to help pay $67m CSLR bill

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2025
... which is to be paid by the advice sub-sector. "The major collapses that we have seen so far, including Dixon Advisory, United Global Capital, Brite Advisory, Shield and First Guardian, each point to a key product failure element. To attribute all these ...

Former United Global Capital adviser banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2025
Former United Global Capital (UGC) adviser Milutin Petrovic is banned for six years after ASIC found he failed key advice obligations when recommending clients invest their retirement savings into the Global Capital Property Fund Limited (GCPF). Petrovic ...