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Cbus names new chief technology officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2026
... technology officer Mirella Robinson left the super fund in February 2024 to take on the chief technology officer role at MLC Life Insurance.

Challenger injects $3.7bn in BOQ, bolsters private credit book

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2026
... origination capabilities, establishing a platform to help originate and service large scalable pools of whole loans for Challenger Life and institutional investors. "Whole loans, encompassing mortgages, personal loans and asset finance, represent a substantial ...

CSC to increase TPD premiums for PSSap members by 43.5%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2026
Members of Commonwealth Super Corporation's Public Sector Superannuation Accumulation Plan (PSSap) are about to be hit with insurance premium increases of more than 40%. A recent review of the PSSap lifePLUS offering, underwritten by AIA Australia ...

Genetic testing laws pass parliament

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2026
New laws that ban the ability to discriminate based on adverse predictive genetic test results in life insurance underwriting have passed parliament. Minister for financial services Daniel Mulino said Australians should not feel discouraged from undertaking ...

FEATURE: Estate planning | Best laid plans

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2026
... 2050. Finder personal finance expert Sarah Megginson said wealth transfers are large and growing. "For some, it could be life changing money. Australia is on the cusp of the largest intergenerational wealth transfer we've ever seen," Megginson said. ...

Women to drive tailored advice demand: State Street

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2026
... question is no longer how much Australians have saved, but how reliably those balances can be translated into income for life," State Street Investment Management head of Australian investments Jonathan Shead said. "Australia is a gold standard, poised ...

APRA launches 'advanced illiquidity premium' to capital framework reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2026
APRA has finalised its changes to longevity products' capital framework that will impact annuities and retirement income products, namely introducing the "advanced illiquidity premium" (AILP). After consulting with the industry, APRA released its ...

Australians lose $13.5bn by delaying retirement switch: HESTA

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2026
Australians missed out on up to $13.5 billion in tax-free investment returns between 2017 and 2025 by not transitioning their super to the retirement phase when they became eligible, HESTA said. HESTA's latest whitepaper Make the move: guiding members ...

APRA shuffles executive director lineup

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2026
... to executive director of general insurance and banking. He replaces Jane Magill who moved to become executive director of life and private health insurance and superannuation following the departure of Carmen Beverley-Smith. A recruitment process to ...

Macquarie 'preparing for all contingencies' as conflict continues

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2026
... last night said two things about Iran. One is that with Iraq, they let that war last nine years. Secondly, their value of life is not as high as ours, because they believe life goes on. And so, he thinks it could go for a long time, but it's very ...