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Brighter Super launches new brand campaign

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
New advertisements see members lying back on hammocks carried by red balloons as they float across the Queensland landscape. Brighter Super's new campaign is being rolled out across TV, radio, outdoor, YouTube and social media and was created in ...

ASIC labels digital assets as financial products

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
... assets that are financial products, including wrapped tokens, stablecoins, tokenised securities and digital asset wallets, are now required to carry an Australian financial services licence (AFSL) in line with Information Sheet 225 (INFO 225) and the ...

Unclaimed super pot hits $19bn: ATO

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
... from exploiting employees. The Super Members Council (SMC) said the law will be a gamechanger in tackling unpaid super which now costs Australian workers $5.7 billion a year. "The introduction of Payday Super legislation has been a long time coming ...

Tech concentration in super a major concern: APRA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
... requested regulated entities submit a list of their material service providers so it could assess the scale of the issue. "We have now begun analysing the data to develop a financial system-wide view of entities' reliance on third party service providers ...

Retirees could be out up to $136k: SMC

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
... report shows that, contrary to popular belief, most Australian retirees are not underspending their super, with drawdowns now typically higher than the minimum amounts required. Research identified that in 2024-2025 around 65% of tax-free retirement ...

PacSuper extends mandate with Perpetual

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2025
... the extension of Perpetual's existing mandate, previously limited to the management of an Australian Dollar sub-fund to now include a broader range of managers and more exposure to growth assets. The extension took effect on October 1. "This outcome ...

BlackRock expands fixed income ETF lineup

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025
... BlackRock Australia, said the proportion of fixed income assets yielding over 4% has increased markedly since 2021, with investors now able to access a more interesting array of yields across different fixed income sub-categories. "The launch of AGGG ...

UGC auditor 'comprehensively failed', registration stripped

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025
... Capital Property Fund (GCPF) and the UGC Global Alpha Fund. More than $92 million was invested in the funds, much of which is now unaccounted for. Following an application by ASIC, the Companies Auditors Disciplinary Board (CADB) has cancelled O'Shea's ...

Macquarie to shed more than 240 investment options

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... Fund were also closed to super investors. The move comes at the fallout of the Shield Master Fund. ASIC and Macquarie are now battling it out in the Federal Court as the regulator alleges MIM did not act efficiently, honestly and fairly when it failed ...

Shield, First Guardian fallout calls for tougher scrutiny on research houses, licensee governance

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... without a sound governance framework will be prone to the rapidly changing environment, as platform providers and regulators are now preparing to raise the bar on this front. He said advice firms need to review their governance frameworks to weather ...