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KKR to pocket $24bn from USI sale

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2026
... sell USI Insurance Services to Aon for $24 billion (US$17bn). USI is an insurance brokerage and consulting business across risk, employee benefits and retirement solutions, and boast more than 10,500 team members operating across close to 200 locations ...

Kaplan winds up pooled super trust

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2026
... Kaplan Funds Management, as investment manager, applied an absolute-return and income-focused approach, alongside a value and risk-averse focus. The PST predominantly invested in listed Australian and, at times, in New Zealand-listed securities. It was ...

FEATURE | Managed accounts | Industrialising advice

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2026
... is automated portfolio rebalancing. It allows you to do efficient trade instructions to the platforms. It allows you to do risk monitoring, governance oversight, tax management and reporting." The demand for institutional-grade capability has drawn a ...

APRA hits 12 super options with failed grade

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2026
... the best interests of Australians. The fact that capital guaranteed investments, which are achieving their clearly defined risk and return objectives, have not passed demonstrate the shortcomings," an AMP spokesperson said. "We will continue to advocate ...

ASIC, APRA urge finance sector to demonstrate AI threat response

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2026
... backup integrity and tested recovery arrangements as key areas of focus. Boards and executives were also urged to establish risk appetite, escalation authority, recovery priorities and communication strategies before a crisis, given frontiers AI could ...

AUDC supports startup to launch tokenised private credit offering

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2026
... partnership will enable Australians to deposit, lend and withdraw in Australian dollar without carrying currency exchange risk, while providing access to institutional private credit yield that has historically been exclusive to institutional investors. ...

Super trustee business dents Equity Trustees' FY26 results

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2026
... strongly, delivering revenue growth of 34.5% to $6.3 million. The business continued to invest in technology, automation and risk monitoring capabilities to support future growth, operating efficiency and market leadership, the group noted. Equity Trustees ...

Sequoia gives InterPrac sale a second shot

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2026
... ASIC withdrew legal proceedings against Sequoia after it entered an undertaking not to put the Cross Deed of Guarantee at risk tied to the sale of InterPrac Financial Planning, however the group remained coy about the deal with Conquest Investment Management ...

Vanguard adds floating rate ETF, managed fund to product suite

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2026
... their coupon payments in line with prevailing interest rates, Bauler added, stating the structure results in lower duration risk, reducing sensitivity to interest rate movements to support more stable capital values. "Income remains a key priority for ...

Half of Australians lack retirement plan: Vanguard

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2026
... either not very aware or not at all aware that superannuation funds may charge multiple fees. When asked about the level of risk in their superannuation investments, most respondents described their portfolios as carrying a moderate level of risk. However ...