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UGC auditor 'comprehensively failed', registration stripped

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025
... torn up after he was found to have 'continuously failed to undertake basic audit work' that could have saved millions in SMSF investors' money. Ryan William O'Shea was employed by United Global Capital to audit both it and its managed funds, the Global ...

FEATURE: Fund admin | Tight Ship

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
At any given opportunity, policymakers and industry leaders love to boast about Australia's 'world-class' $4.3 trillion superannuation system. While investments and performance have been impressive and the system has taken the pressure off the government ...

Super moves: AusSuper, Aware, MLC, JANA, VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
... research manager at DEXX&R before joining Dixon Advisory, where he developed asset allocation and investment strategies for SMSF portfolios. Aware Real Estate has promoted Edwin Cheung to investment manager. Cheung joined the business in July 2022 as ...

ASIC bans adviser attached to UGC, MWL

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
... between July 2020 and February 2024. ASIC said Videkanic advised clients to establish a self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF), rollover their existing superannuation into the SMSF and invest a significant portion of their retirement savings into the ...

Complaints still too high: AFCA annual review

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
... against advisers and financial advice firms. This type of complaint increased by 18% in FY25. Self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) complaints grew by 95% to 1323. "As with many SMSF complaints, these often involve recommendations to rollover superannuation ...

Ausbil lists two global ETFs on ASX

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2025
Ausbil Investment Management has listed two active exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), with one investing in global small caps and the other in infrastructure. The Ausbil Global Small Cap Fund - Active ETF (ASX ...

Feature: Digital advice | Sleeping giant

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025
About three years ago, robo-advisers, one by one, began dropping like flies. The likes of Six Park, Upstreet and Advice Intelligence either folded or were acquired. Even Ellerston Capital's ethically based robo-adviser, which launched in early 2023 ...

AFCA temporarily reinstates UGC to address complaints

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) has reinstated United Global Capital's (UGC) membership until 31 March 2026, to ensure consumers can lodge complaints regarding Shield and First Guardian Master Fund. UGC was expelled from AFCA membership ...

Younger generations drive SMSF sector growth: Class

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2025
The number of self-managed super funds (SMSF) has grown on the back of increased participation by younger Australians despite regulatory uncertainty, according to a report by Class. The 2025 Annual Benchmark Report by Class found the number of SMSFs ...

CSLR a 'shared responsibility' for all AFCA members: SMSFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2025
Responding to the Treasury consultation on the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR), the SMSF Association (SMSFA) agrees the most efficient and equitable way to fund the special levy is to spread it across all Australian Financial Complaints Authority ...