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Microsoft flips AI switch on for MUFG

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2025
... areas in member and investor experience. MPMS will harness Microsoft's AI technologies to enhance and automate core superannuation processes, enabling faster, more accurate and personalised support, it said. The leveraged AI capabilities will also "streamline" ...

Mercer SmartPath returns exceed 12%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2025
... Super Trust has over one million members and $74 billion in assets under management, according to APRA's latest superannuation figures for March. SmartPath has about 450,300 members and $39.5 billion in savings. More than 60% of member funds is invested ...

Future Group reveals super fund returns, fee changes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2025
Future Group has announced the returns for smartMonday, GuildSuper and Child Care Super while also announcing a fee reduction for smartMonday members. smartMonday super fund has reduced fees across all investment options effective 7 June 2025, delivering ...

AustralianSuper's MySuper option returns 9.5%

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2025
... Vanguard Super's default MySuper Lifecycle product made 13.5% p.a. During the period, the nation's largest superannuation fund wrote off a whopping $1.1 billion investment in online education firm Pluralsight following the company's restructuring. ...

Insignia finalises 1300 staff transfer to SS&C

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2025
... MLC Super chief executive Dave Woodall said: "We're delivering on our commitment to simplify and transform our superannuation business to convert our size into meaningful scale benefits, through lower cost-to-serve, competitive fees and industry leading ...

Cbus, Rest deliver 'strong' returns amid heightened volatility

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2025
Cbus and Rest have reported their results for the financial year ending June 30, sharing common themes in success from both domestic and global investments. Cbus Growth MySuper investment option returned 10.29% throughout the period. Its High Growth ...

Vanguard, CFS deliver strong FY25 returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2025
The two retail superannuation funds delivered strong returns for members, but it was the low-cost, indexed-based strategy that outmuscled the other. Vanguard Super returned 13.5% p.a. for 2025 financial year for members aged 47 and under. Since its ...

ASIC funding levy to charge advisers $46.2m

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2025
... and $5.6 million on supervision and surveillance. ASIC flagged it has prioritised its policing of cold-calling superannuation switching business models, saying it is an issue that has reached an "industrial scale." ASIC has also made this issue prominent ...

AMP actions impacted 'hundreds of thousands' of customers: Shine

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2025
Shine Lawyers filed a class action against AMP this week alleging AMP Superannuation has slugged investors with excessive insurance fees. Shine Lawyers confirmed the class action has been filed in the Federal Court of Victoria on behalf of hundreds ...

ASFA publishes new service standards on claims handling

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2025
ASFA has released a new ASFA Service Standard - Claims Handling in Superannuation: Insurance and Health Related Claims, which it said is a significant step forward in improving member outcomes. ASFA said the new standard was made to guide superannuation ...