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Aged care advice needs regulatory intervention: Research

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026
... in their client's best interests, meet minimum education and competency standards, and carry professional indemnity insurance to ensure compensation in cases of professional misconduct and participate in an external complaints resolution body. "Unlicensed ...

Commonwealth Super Corp to consolidate legacy IT systems

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2026
... Navigator will be unavailable for these accounts. The upgrade will restrict members from viewing their account balances and insurance dashboards, making investment switches, or tracking investment performance. Members will also not be able to lodge or ...

JANA hires from Russell Investments

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026
... Most recently, he was an institutional business development manager at Russell, working closely with not-for-profit, insurance and government clients. JANA head of client development Sai Srinivasan said, "Oscar's experience working with NFP and liability-aware ...

Zurich Australia offloads investment management business

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026
... where Zurich is heading as an organisation, allowing us to continue to focus on our core operations in the Australian insurance market. "Russell Investments brings global scale, deep investment capabilities and a strong local presence, making it an ideal ...

Genetic testing ban may drive up insurance cost, premiums: FAAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2026
... the proposal to ban life insurers' use of genetic testing results will have an adverse impact on the cost of life insurance and premiums for all Australians. In a submission, the association highlighted the potential "material impact on life insurance ...

CareSuper makes sweeping insurance changes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2026
CareSuper 'Category A' members will be hit with higher insurance costs come April 1. The $60 billion super fund said after three years of holding fees steady, a rise in claims have made increases necessary. "At CareSuper, everything we do is ...

AI, operational failures key regulatory risks for ASIC in 2026

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2026
... retirement savings. It currently has 12 court cases underway related to the Shield and First Guardian matters. Poor insurance claims handling, significant outage resulting from the implementation of CHESS replacement, poor quality financial reporting ...

EQT to acquire Coller Capital to form new secondaries platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2026
... Together, the two firms will be able to strengthen relationships and opportunities with institutional, private wealth, and insurance-related clients while creating a deeper global EQT platform across private equity, infrastructure, real estate, and secondaries ...

Shadow Minister for Financial Services Pat Conaghan resigns

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
... December he criticised Minister for Financial Services Daniel Mulino's suggestion that the professional indemnity insurance (PII) sector be made to play a bigger role in making the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) sustainable. "Right now ...

bfinance names new managing director, insurance lead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
... the appointment of Ravi Rastogi in the newly created senior leadership role of managing director and global head of insurance. He will be based in the firm's London office. The investment consultancy firm said the shift underscores the increasing strategic ...