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Financial Standard - September 22, 2025

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September 22, 2025

Super warned of $1tn FX risk

Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governor Andrew Hauser has issued a stark warning about the superannuation sector's growing foreign currency exposure, which he said is tipped to reach $1 trillion in value over the next decade.

1 mins

Female fundies' triumphant decade

Assets run by female fund managers have tripled over the past decade across the world, as Asian countries are emerging on top for female fund manager representation, according to Citywire's latest research.

1 mins

Family offices beef up alternatives allocations

Family offices are bullish on alternatives as inflation, unpredictable central bank policies and geopolitical risks have seen traditional investment playbooks thrown out, according to experts.

2 mins

For shame

In recent weeks, I've received several invitations from strangers to join Facebook groups.

2 mins

Ben Samild to leave Future Fund

Future Fund chief investment officer Ben Samild is leaving the sovereign wealth fund for a new role.

1 mins

Allow couples tax-free super splitting: Hume

A bill that would allow couples to split their collective superannuation balances evenly between them to improve the gender super gap was tabled in Parliament.

2 mins

Cbus vows faster death benefit payouts

After being caned by ASIC for making beneficiaries wait for more than 90 days to receive a death benefit, Cbus is vowing to pay them faster.

2 mins

InterPrac wants super funds’ reserves to remediate victims

InterPrac Financial Planning wants to rid itself of remediation obligations regarding the collapse of the Shield Master Fund and First Guardian Master Fund, saying that victims should be “fully compensated” via superannuation funds’ reserves.

1 mins

ANZ fined $240m for bond trading, retail misconduct

ANZ has copped a whopping $240 million fine for bank-wide \"unconscionable conduct\" that includes admitting it was guilty of misleading the government over the $14 billion bond scandal.

4 mins

Latest exam sees 69% pass

ASIC has handed down the results for the 30th Financial Adviser Exam, held in August, with the pass rate once again falling under the 70% mark.

1 mins

CSLR a 'shared responsibility'

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 (AFCA) sub-sectors.

1 mins

Equity Trustees defies ASIC Shield allegations

Equity Trustees (EQT) vows to defend itself against ASIC's lawsuit alleging it failed superannuation trustee duties over the collapse of the Shield Master Fund, as details emerge of how one of its analysts red flagged the product but was allegedly ignored.

1 mins

Zenith reaffirms Metrics ratings amid doubts

Zenith Investment Partners has reaffirmed all ratings for Metrics Credit Partners' funds following the recent downgrades by another research house.

2 mins

Brighter Super CIO to step down

Brighter Super's chief investment officer has decided to semi-retire and will step down from the post on December 5.

1 mins

AMP settles class action

AMP has settled a class action brought against N.M. Superannuation, AMP Superannuation and AMP Services, agreeing to pay $120 million.

1 mins

The managed accounts mirage: Who exactly are they serving?

Big money is flowing into managed accounts and it's time we start asking questions

4 mins

Bennelong adds private credit firm

Bennelong Funds Management has partnered with US lender Monroe Capital, bringing a new private credit opportunity for Australian investors.

1 mins

ASIC takes aim at super, private markets

ASIC commissioner Simone Constant says that three years into the Retirement Income Covenant, things are \"not where we'd hoped to be\".

1 mins

Court extends FMPE freeze

The Federal Court extended orders freezing the bank accounts of First Mutual Private Equity (FMPE) and its sole director Gregory Raymond Cotton, saying it believes investors' funds were used for gambling purposes.

1 mins

Schroder urges 'open dialogue' with government

AustralianSuper chief executive Paul Schroder has warned that while superannuation funds may have the capital to invest in future infrastructure projects, the government should bear the risks.

2 mins

Former staffer sues ASX, Lofthouse over bullying

ASX chief executive Helen Lofthouse is being sued by the former ASX head of trading technology Jamie Halstead, accusing Lofthouse of bullying.

1 mins

Rest invests $390m in US REIT

Rest has made a $390 million (US$250m) contribution as part of a co-investment with funds managed by Blue Owl Capital into US-based real estate investment trust STORE Capital.

1 mins

Partners Group debuts new fund

Partners Group has launched an evergreen fund giving Australian and New Zealand wholesale investors access to its royalties strategy.

1 mins

Geopolitics, AI tests prudential regulation: APRA

In addition to \"worsening\" cybersecurity risks, geopolitical volatility and artificial intelligence (AI) are creating \"unacceptable prudential risks\" for APRA.

1 mins

NGS Super moves to make admin fees more equitable for members

About 80% of NGS Super members will benefit from fee savings when it transfers its administration function to Grow Inc. next month.

1 mins

Super funds break records

As superannuation fund assets continue to hit record highs, with AustralianSuper leading the pack at $387.6 billion, the number of inactive accounts is also ballooning, APRA's latest statistics reveal.

1 mins

Ausbil launches active ETF

Ausbil Investment Management has launched an active ETF version of its seven-year-old dividend income fund.

1 mins

Coalition's super for housing policy 'unlikely to continue'

Shadow Housing Minister Andrew Bragg01 has confirmed the Coalition's controversial super for housing policy is under review.

2 mins

Aware Super launches new features for advisers

Aware Super has launched a slew of new digital features, as well as upgrades to existing features on the Aware Super Adviser Portal, for financial advisers.

1 mins

Fewer managers underperforming

Only half of global equity funds are trailing their benchmarks, marking a substantial improvement from the 71% long-run underperformance rate, according the SPIVA Australia Scorecard half-year analysis.

1 mins

Future Fund achieves 12.2% in FY25, tops other instos

Australia's sovereign wealth fund beat the returns of other institutional investors by achieving 12.2% p.a. in the last financial year and in the same breath boosted assets to a new high of $252.3 billion.

2 mins

Federal Court slaps Mawhinney with 15-year ban

Mayfair 101 Group director James Mawhinney has been banned from receiving or soliciting funds related to financial products for 15 years after the Federal Court determined he had a \"cavalier attitude to compliance\" and was \"reckless\" in operating his business.

1 mins

CBA class action appeals dismissed

Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has defeated the appeals from the Zonia and Baron shareholder class actions in the Federal Court.

1 mins

ASIC to appeal Block Earner again

ASIC is persevering in its crusade against Block Earner with the Federal Court granting a special leave to appeal an April decision that found that an AFSL was not necessary to offer a fixed-yield digital asset-related product.

1 mins

World's pension market hits $36.9tn in assets

The world's largest 300 pension funds have reached a new $36.9 trillion (US$4.4 trillion) record in terms of assets under management (AUM), according to a report by Willis Towers Watson's Thinking Ahead Institute.

2 mins

AZ NGA joins forces with MiQ

AZ Next Generation Advisory (AZ NGA) has partnered with MiQ Private Wealth to provide succession solutions for its retiring partners, while funding the group's future expansion plans.

1 mins

GSFM becomes exclusive distributor for Auscap

GSFM has become the exclusive distributor of Auscap Asset Management's two Australian equities funds in Australia and New Zealand.

1 mins

Signals over slogans

In today's regulatory climate, institutional investors face an intensifying challenge: deliver competitive returns while ensuring that sustainability claims are accurate, consistent, and defensible.

2 mins

NZ Super delivers 11.84% in FY25

The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has delivered a pretax return of 11.84% after costs for the year ended 30 June 2025.

1 mins

Family offices up equities, dial down alternatives: Goldman Sachs

New research from Goldman Sachs shows that family offices have upped investments in equities at the expense of alternatives.

1 mins

Binance, Franklin Templeton partner

Binance and Franklin Templeton have collaborated to accelerate the adoption of digital asset securities.

1 mins

Macquarie AM wins sovereign wealth fund mandate

Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) will set up shop in Saudi Arabia after being tapped by sovereign wealth fund PIF for joint venture investments in infrastructure and energy transition sectors.

1 mins

Economy 'stronger than expected'

Australian gross domestic product (GDP) rose 0.6% in the June quarter and was up 1.8% compared to a year ago, according to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

1 mins

RBA 'alert' to impact of tech

Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Michele Bullock has said the future of central banking will be shaped by how the RBA chooses to engage with new technologies in a meaningful way.

1 mins

Unearthed in the bins

Early 2025 saw Microsoft announce its Majorana quantum chip that required developing a new hybrid material with researchers from the University of Sydney, with the hope that it enables quantum computers to be viable in years rather than decades.

1 mins

Private credit play

If you measure the success of a managed product by funds flow, six of the top 10 credit funds are private credit with total net flows of more than $5 billion in the past 12 months.

1 mins

GROWTH PATH

While at a career crossroads, Alex Zaika didn't know what the future held - he just knew he wanted to be in a suit. Now, he is the chief executive of Global X and pushing a strong growth strategy. Eliza Bavin writes.

5 mins

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