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Super funds lagging RIC obligations: Pulse Check

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
ASIC and APRA have released the findings of the 2025 Pulse Check on retirement income covenant (RIC) implementation, painting a fairly dire picture of how super funds are understanding and meeting member needs. While the regulators said some improvements ...

Prevention of Shield, First Guardian-like events the focus from here on: Mulino

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
Establishing a framework to prevent disasters like the Shield Master Fund and First Guardian Master Fund from happening again will be the focus moving forward, minister for financial services Daniel Mulino told the Financial Advice Association Australia ...

HNW investors prioritise trust and human connection: Praemium

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2025
A recent study by Praemium and CoreData indicated trusted expertise and human connection are paramount concerns among high-net-worth (HNW) investors. Despite the rise of AI solutions and digital tools, the study indicated 36% of HNW investors rank trust ...

ASIC not acting as a 'market maker': Constant

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2025
ASIC commissioner Simone Constant said superannuation funds are working well with the regulator in terms of their investments in private markets, but said as whole, more needs to be done by all large investors. Constant said the regulator's increased ...

Largest managers' assets climb 9.4%: Research

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2025
The Thinking Ahead Institute (Thinking Ahead) published the 2025 World's largest asset managers report. The research indicated a continued recovery for the asset management industry with the value of total assets under management (AUM) at 500 of ...

Bell Financial Group names inaugural investments chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2025
Bell Financial Group (BFG) has appointed its first chief investment officer, picking someone who recently finished up at Clime Investment Management. Will Riggall is the new investments chief, having ended his tenure at Clime in June after more than ...

Key roles vacant as NZ Super prepares for growth

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
New Zealand's $86 billion sovereign wealth fund is filling several critical investment roles as it gears up for explosive growth that will see its assets double within a decade. NZ Super, led by former Funds SA chief executive Jo Townsend (pictured) ...

RBA on hold but 'not as hawkish as feared'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) surprised no one by keeping interest rates on hold at 3.6% at its November meeting, but economists were paying close attention to the tone of the statement released by the central bank. Betashares chief economist ...

US equities not performing as well as they seem: UniSuper

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2025
UniSuper head of fixed income David Colosimo has warned that despite US share markets appearing to have performed very well over the month of October, the reality is more complex. "In October, US shares were actually quite strong, up about 2.25%. But ...

Ironbark partners to offer global quantitative equity capabilities

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2025
Ironbark Asset Management is partnering with US-based Intech Investment Management to expand local institutional investors' access to Intech's proprietary research capabilities. Intech brings nearly four decades of global quantitative equity research ...