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Super assets reach $4.5tn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2026
... rose to $1.06 trillion, up from $1 trillion in December 2024, marking a 6% increase. Exempt public sector superannuation scheme assets rose 3.9% from $175.2 billion to $182.1 billion. This comes after the Association of Super Funds of Australia (ASFA) ...

Strategic simplification lifts ClearView's profits

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
... cost to serve, driven by a streamlined business and technology model." The result coincides with ClearView entering into a scheme implementation deed (SID) with Zurich on Tuesday, under which Zurich is offering 65 cents for each ClearView share. The ...

Governance issues on the rise: ASIC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2026
In the six months from 1 July 2025 to 31 December 2025, the corporate watchdog received 9686 reports of misconduct (ROMs), raising 13,036 issues, new data from ASIC shows. ASIC said the increase in ROMs was driven largely by corporate governance concerns ...

Sequoia weighs InterPrac's fate, launches review

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2026
Following the demise of the Shield and First Guardian master funds, regulatory pressure and being blacklisted from several platforms, Sequoia Financial Group is now reviewing the viability of InterPrac Financial Planning. Sequoia managing director and ...

Channel Capital launches credit fund for wholesale investors

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2026
... Wellington Multi-Sector Credit Fund to the Australian wholesale market. The fund is an Australian-registered managed investment scheme aiming to provide wholesale investors with access to a diversified portfolio of global credit investments, designed ...

Zurich Financial Services to acquire ClearView

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2026
... cash amount of any permitted dividend determined to be paid or declared by the board prior to the implementation of the scheme. Directors of ClearView said they are unanimously recommending all shareholders vote in favour of the proposal in the absence ...

Advisers prioritise robust planning, education in retirement planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
... Melanie Dunn surmised that helping make voluntary super contributions and investing in property are secondary in the grand scheme of delivering good retirement outcomes. The results echo a Vanguard 2025 survey, which found that nine out of 10 Australians ...

Process to become an adviser remains 'unattractive': SMSFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... Outcomes and education reforms are currently off the government's radar due to the ballooning costs of the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR). These reforms were crucial to introducing a new class of advisers and streamlining the intricate process ...

Super outflows persist but profits up at Insignia Financial

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... came in at $2.8 billion, up from $0.6 billion last year. Insignia Financial said it has submitted the CC Capital takeover scheme booklet to ASIC and ASX for review.

Aussie veterans front Senate over underpaid pensions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... reduced. Williamson retired from the Navy in 1982 and was a member of the Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (DFRDB) Scheme. The scheme was open to members of the defence force between 1972 and 1991, at which point it was closed to new members ...