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Gold ETFs outshine large caps: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
... Alpha Fund returned 41.8% p.a. while the Hyperion Small Growth Companies Fund achieved 35.7% p.a. Loftus Peak's Global Disruption Active ETF turned in 20.9% p.a. Over the period, however, emerging markets equities was the top-performing asset class ...

Insignia finalises 1300 staff transfer to SS&C

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2025
... SS&C. Insignia said members, employers and advisers will continue to engage with their existing contacts without any disruption, ensuring continuity of service, operations and product knowledge. Meanwhile, Insignia will retain functions such as claims ...

Improved economy not a guarantee of business success

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
... remains the top issue, with 62% identifying this as a significant risk. "Meanwhile, technology implementation and digital disruption (48%) is a growing concern for chief financial officers." Deloitte Access Economics partner David Rumbens highlighted ...

APRA expects 'no cutting corners' with CPS230

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2025
APRA is warning superannuation funds "not to cut corners" when in it comes to getting their operational risk management in order as the landmark prudential standard CPS 230 comes into effect today. CPS 230 Operational Risk Management effectively forces ...

Finance news foretells stock market volatility: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2025
... Journal published between January 2000 and December 2022 and linked it to fluctuations in the S&P 500. They found that disruption-related terms such as "crisis", "recession", and "loss" exhibited strong contemporaneous correlations with volatility spikes. ...

Legalsuper celebrates double digit returns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2025
... Australia and Asia, ensuring we deliver consistently strong returns to members even during these periods of uncertainty and disruption." He added that the returns come as the fund records some of its "strongest ever levels of membership growth and customer ...

ASFA, JANA release draft guidance on operational due diligence

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
... requirements on APRA-regulated entities to effectively manage their operational risks, maintain critical operations through disruption, and manage risks arising from third-party service providers. ASFA and JANA will remain committed to supporting super ...

Investor optimism premature, fund flows in firing line

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
... "Uncertainty stemming from US tariffs - reflected in ongoing trade negotiations, the risk of policy reversals, corporate disruption from supply chain realignments, and the potential for interest rates to remain elevated - heightens the risk of earnings ...

HESTA turns the lights back on after service shutdown

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
... completed the transition of its member administration services to GROW Inc, restoring online services after a seven-week disruption to transactions and app access. HESTA, which has over one million members, said this marked the end of one of the largest ...

HESTA members to keep paying fees as disruption continues

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
HESTA members currently in the midst of an extended limited services period will not see a pause or reduction applied to their administration fees, the fund confirmed. The $89 billion fund is currently transitioning to GROW Inc. (GROW) for its administration ...