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Renters need twice as much super, risk poverty in retirement: SCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2025
... Retirement Savings Targets for Renters has found that renters are at a real risk of retirement disaster if the government doesn't act. Long-term solutions need to focus on getting more people into affordable housing," he said. "But we've got a crisis ...

ASIC sues Diversa for First Guardian failures

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2025
... ASIC said Diversa did not exercise the same degree of care, skill and diligence as a prudent superannuation trustee would or act in the best financial interests of its members. It allegedly failed to exercise due diligence in developing, offering and ...

ASIC releases legal obligations for private credit funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2025
... guidance for wholesale funds. In the catalogue, the regulator reminds fund operators of their obligations under the Corporations Act to do all things necessary to ensure that financial services covered by an AFSL are provided efficiently, honestly and ...

1659 First Guardian, Shield complaints reach AFCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
The number of Shield Master Fund and First Guardian Master Fund-related complaints lodged with the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) has grown to 1659. AFCA said the latest figure represents the total as at December 3. AFCA did not provide ...

68% pass financial adviser exam: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
... total, 22,386 individuals have sat the exam since it was mandated. Of these, 92% have passed. Section 921B of the Corporations Act 2001 requires relevant providers and those training to become a relevant provider to pass the financial adviser exam to ...

'Unretiring' a global trend: T. Rowe Price

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
T. Rowe Price's inaugural Global Retirement Savers Study has revealed nearly 34% of retirement savers worldwide expect to work at least part-time after retiring. The survey found this expectation is most pronounced in the United States, where 37% of ...

Australian businesses most worried about possible recession: Survey

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
Findings from World Economic Forum's Executive Opinion Survey suggest Australian business leaders are most concerned with economic risks like recession in the coming years. The Executive Opinion Survey, conducted in partnership with Zurich and Marsh ...

Datt Capital opens small cap fund to retail investors

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
Datt Capital has expanded access to its high conviction small cap strategy, launching the Datt Capital Small Companies Fund Class B, a retail friendly version of its previously wholesale-only fund. The original Small Companies Fund, launched in 2023 ...

UBS, RQI deliver for EM investors: Rainmaker

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
Actively managed emerging market strategies outperformed other assets classes, according to new Rainmaker Information research, with funds from UBS and RQI Investors leading the pack. Emerging market funds delivered 21.1% p.a. in the 12 months to September ...

Stafford Capital establishes $1.8bn forestry fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
Stafford Capital Partners has established a $1.8 billion (US$1.2bn) continuation vehicle, the Stafford International Timberland Continuation Fund. The continuation fund is a roll-up of three of Stafford's existing core timberland funds - Stafford International ...