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Conaghan holds ASIC accountable for Shield, First Guardian mess

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
... shadow minister for financial services Pat Conaghan has thrust ASIC front and centre of the First Guardian and Shield Master Fund collapses, saying it should take accountability for its delayed action and it is high time for its reformation. Conaghan ...

Delaying reforms to YFYS test, RG97 costing members: Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2025
Retirees may be as much as $20,000 worse off at retirement due to the Your Future, Your Super performance test and RG97, a new report suggests. It could also be costing the country up to 140,000 jobs, the Australian Investment Council and Mandala say. ...

Resilience more important than growth: Arndt

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2025
Future Fund chief executive Raphael Arndt said portfolio construction must focus on resilience over growth as the world sits at a "perpetual inflection point". "The weaponisation of trade, the persistence of inflation, climate shocks and a rising cost ...

ETF Shares reduces management fee

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2025
... in Australia since its launch in May and has outperformed the Nasdaq 100, S&P 500 and the MSCI World," Man said. "As the fund continues to scale, we are pleased to pass those efficiencies directly back to investors." Man added that HUGE's investment ...

L1 Group aims for $35m in cost reductions post-merger

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2025
The newly formed L1 Group is targeting a cost reduction of $30-35 million within the next 18 months as it looks to capitalise on synergies created by the merger. Recently appointed L1 Group chief executive and managing director Julian Russell noted ...

CalPERS adopts total portfolio approach

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2025
... opportunities. Following a board vote, the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) will be the first US pension fund to adopt the investment model, with a planned implementation from 1 July 2026. It will use a reference portfolio set ...

Human biases call for simpler retirement framework: Research

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2025
... behavioural bias in members and build simpler frameworks to improve retirement outcomes, according to research by Industry Fund Services (IFS). The whitepaper, published in collaboration with Challenger, identified five cognitive biases that impact financial ...

Ten Cap launches first active ETF

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2025
... active ETF on the ASX, to be available to investors from November 24. The ETF will be based on the firm's existing Alpha Plus Fund, a long-short equity only strategy in Australia. Ten Cap co-founder and lead portfolio manager Jun Bei Liu said it will ...

SQM vows to 'respectfully' defend ASIC case

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2025
Almost a week after ASIC decided to take the research house to court over 'favourable' ratings of the Shield Master Fund, SQM Research has confirmed it will defend itself against the allegations. In a statement overnight, SQM Research managing director ...

Milford appoints country head

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2025
Milford Asset Management has appointed an acting country head for Australia after news Kristine Goodwin is taking on a new role at AMP. Milford confirmed Goodwin is departing in December after resigning. She will be taking on the newly established role ...