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APRA funding levy rises to $253m

KARREN VERGARA | TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2026

... substantially improve transparency on the retirement phase." For the other sectors, authorised deposit-taking institutions (ADI) have the lion's share of the levy of $114.6 million. Life insurance and friendly societies are allocated $19.1 million. ...

Super moves: Future Fund, NZ Super, Aware Super, VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY | THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026

A third Future Fund investment professional is bound for Abu Dhabi, following in the footsteps of the sovereign wealth fund's former chief investment officer and a deputy CIO. Pradheesh Salvarajah has taken on a role as investment manager at Abu ...

Super moves: ART, Allianz, HESTA, AusSuper

ELIZABETH FRY | THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026

Australian Retirement Trust has appointed a 22-year Deutsche Bank veteran to lead its London office, strengthening the superannuation giant's presence in one of its key offshore investment hubs. Michael Weaver, ART's general manager of mid-risk ...

APRA's fresh guardrails to impact property investors

ELIZA BAVIN | THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) will limit high debt-to-income (DTI) home lending in a move to pre-emptively contain a build-up of housing-related vulnerabilities in the financial system, APRA chair John Lonsdale said. From 1 February ...

Super moves: Future Fund, Bupa, QIC, HESTA, Prime Super

ELIZABETH FRY | THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025

A long-serving Perpetual executive will relocate to Queensland next month to join QIC, overseeing its 900-strong global team. Paul Chasemore has been appointed chief people & culture officer, effective 1 December 2025. Chasemore spent 18 years at Sydney-based ...

Capital Group takes stake in Qualitas

KARREN VERGARA | TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2025

Capital Group has acquired a substantial stake in Qualitas, taking over co-founder Andrew Schwartz's 15.1 million shares for about $52.9 million. Qualitas disclosed that the global fund manager took a significant stake in the company the day after Schwartz ...

Lederer Group bids for Elanor Commercial Property Fund

KARREN VERGARA | TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2025

Lederer Group is attempting to acquire ASX-listed Elanor Commercial Property Fund (ECF), which has a portfolio valued at more than $500 million. Elanor Funds Management, the responsible entity (RE) of ECF, said it is considering Lederer Group's ...

Global investor services group enters Australia

ELIZA BAVIN | TUESDAY, 15 APR 2025

Global investor services firm IQ-EQ has entered the Australian market with the acquisition of AMAL Group - a provider of corporate trust, agency services and loan servicing solutions. The strategic acquisition of AMAL Group includes AMAL Asset Management ...

APRA levy to cost $243m in FY26

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025

The total cost to keep APRA's enforcement activity going is set to be $243 million in the 2026 financial year, with the superannuation industry taking up about 30% of this amount. Super funds have been allocated $72.9 million to fund APRA's operations ...

Fidelity picks Southeast Asia lead

ELIZABETH FRY | THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025

Fidelity International has appointed Wildon Goh as head of Southeast Asia and country head of Singapore. Goh succeeds Sabrina Gan who left the firm in December to Goldman Sachs' client solutions group as head of third-party wealth in Southeast Asia. ...

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BT appoints new head of strategy

KARREN VERGARA

A former Allianz Retire+ executive has joined BT as the new head of strategy.

ASX sees trade volumes soar in May

MATTHEW WAI

ASX saw a substantial growth in trade volumes last month, despite continued lackluster movement in IPOs.

Otivo launches AI-powered financial advice

MATTHEW WAI

Otivo has launched a mobile app for Australians to access licensed advice powered by AI.

Munro expands access to climate focused fund

VINNY VUCAGO

The Munro Global Growth Climate Leaders PIE Fund has been opened to retail investors in New Zealand.

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