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FEATURE: Problem detected

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
While financial services organisations may be comfortable with taking risks, certainly when it comes to investing, there are other types of risks they're not so familiar with. It may be 2025, but we continue to consistently see examples of organisations ...

Cbus vows faster death benefit payouts

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025
... gaps in trustee data and reporting, and inconsistencies in some trustees' processes and procedures, saying that communication and engagement with beneficiaries was often "ineffective and insensitive". Fok added that Cbus is "determined to improve ...

ANZ fined $240m for bond trading, retail misconduct

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025
... trading as a duration manager. However, given ANZ could have executed its role as a duration manager with better communication, ANZ has offered to pay the AOFM the revenue it earned as a goodwill gesture." Several ANZ employees had either been suspended ...

ASIC takes aim at super, private markets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025
ASIC commissioner Simone Constant says that three years into the Retirement Income Covenant, things are "not where we'd hoped to be". Speaking at a FINSIA event on Friday, Constant said there is still room to improve the ways super trustees serve their ...

FEATURE: Back in action

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2025
... who have the time on their side. In theory, if they have a good adviser who manages their emotions and manages the communication with them, they can stay invested, potentially in a geared portfolio for 30 years," she says. "If they stood the course for ...

GQG FUM rises $1bn in face of continued outflows

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2025
... reposition for the "extraordinary market volatility" after US tariffs were rolled out. GQG also scaled back holdings in communication services, materials and industrials across all four flagship strategies, but not to the extent that it undercut tech ...

FEATURE: Hyped up

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
... use AI rather than collaborate with peers or supervisors to get work done, and one in five said AI use has reduced communication, interaction and collaboration, raising the question of how human connectivity will be retained in AI-augmented workplaces. ...

ASIC culls red tape, sets sights on more

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2025
... pages, in addition to the 181 pages of guides that have already been cut. Lastly, ASIC said it is working to make communication simpler, including transitioning more 'paper-only' documents to email lodgement and enabling electronic signatures on all ...

Super funds test cybersecurity resilience

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2025
... simulate a coordinated response to a significant cyberattack, seeing how they identify strengths, uncover gaps and test communication and compliance procedures under pressure. About 10 members of AustralianSuper collectively lost $750,000 from a cyberattack ...

NGS Super readies for admin transformation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2025
... changes across the market and incorporated valuable lessons into our planning. With extensive preparation and clear communication at every step, we are confident this upgrade will deliver a more seamless and personalised experience for all our members," ...