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ETF Shares flees Cboe for better 'connectivity'

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2025
... easier to access, trade and include in diversified portfolios - wherever investors choose to invest," Man said. "Investor choice and market access are at the heart of our business. ASX connectivity means more Australians can benefit from our transparent ...

APRA flags growing trustee complacency on retirement strategies

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2025
APRA is concerned about a growing lack of urgency among superannuation trustees to develop and implement retirement income strategies. APRA deputy chair Margaret Cole, speaking at the Innovation in Retirement conference in Sydney, said the APRA-ASIC ...

iExtend hires national BDM

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... providing Australians who were seeking to cancel or reduce their life insurance cover and had a change in health, with another choice. The firm provides a solution for life insurance policy owners considering cancelling or reducing their cover. The business ...

BUSSQ streamlines product offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... simplification strategy. BUSSQ has historically had two accumulation phase products for members in BUSSQ MySuper and Premium Choice. The MySuper product was the default, investing members in the MySuper Balanced Growth option and giving them default ...

HESTA hits $100bn in assets

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2025
... greater value for our more than one million members," Blakey said. "This is money that represents greater security, more choice, and a more dignified retirement. It also provides even more opportunities to deliver super with impact." The super fund recently ...

Platform trustees told to improve investment governance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2025
... range of monitoring controls, like overseeing holding limits, adviser trends, and event-based monitoring, and compare the choice products offered by their peers. In relation to the final metric, remedial action and member transfers, APRA has found some ...

ASIC approval puts Cboe, ASX on level playing field

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2025
... to evolving global market dynamics and meet the future needs of our economy," Longo said. "This move will provide more choice for companies to list in Australia, build more links to offshore markets and create more options for investors, which is good ...

Generation Life hires former Allianz Retire+ exec

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2025
... strategic relationships across Australia's wealth and advice channels, ensuring Generation Life continues to be the provider of choice for investment bonds and lifetime annuities," Rodda said. "I am pleased to join the executive group at Generation Life ...

Australian women most likely to retire early

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2025
... assessed in 2025, a proportion of women are still being locked out of work," the report said. "For some, this will be a choice driven by financial security, preference around hobbies and leisure, or prioritisation of caring responsibilities. For others ...

APRA warns of super fund sustainability challenges

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2025
... money when people leave the fund than they're gaining from the new members they do have coming in. CCSL Limited's Personal Choice Private Fund has the worst net rollover ratio at -45.4% over one year and -28.3% over three years. Just last week, Financial ...