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Sequoia expects earnings hit from Shield, First Guardian

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
Sequoia Financial Group's embattled licensee and adviser services division flagged it is currently making healthy earnings but expects to take a hit from the First Guardian Master Fund and Shield Master Fund debacle. The unit, which is embroiled in ...

TAL enhances TPD offering, support for self-employed customers

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... updated the Accelerated Protection offering with the launch of the TPD Support Option, specifically for certain mental health, chronic fatigue and functional conditions where recovery outcomes can vary significantly. Customers will also receive 20% of ...

FEATURE: Private credit | At the precipice

GLENDA KORPORAAL  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
The warning by JPMorgan Chase chief executive Jamie Dimon about the possibility of there being more "cockroaches" in the US private credit market has sparked a flurry of debate about risks in the market at a time when its potential is being assessed ...

Super moves: AustralianSuper, UniSuper, Team Super, CFS, TAL

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
... development team. Perkins previously worked in Australia's superannuation sector at Hostplus, dealing with claims for health insurance brokers at the fund's Melbourne office. "It's an extremely exciting time to be joining the business, with ...

Renters need twice as much super, risk poverty in retirement: SCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2025
... this isn't addressed, renters face an impossible financial challenge in retirement." Data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare shows there were over 325,000 Age Pensioners receiving Commonwealth Rent Assistance in June 2025. Some 32% or ...

Nuveen brings global real estate strategy to Australia

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2025
Nuveen has expanded access of its Global Cities REIT strategy to Australian investors. Investors can access the perpetual-life investment vehicle through the firm's Australian-domiciled feeder fund, Nuveen Global Cities Private Real Estate Fund. It ...

1659 First Guardian, Shield complaints reach AFCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
... observed the fragile state of the people coming to the CSLR, who typically experience sleepless nights and had their mental health significantly impacted. "The circumstances that seem to be repeated [among complainants] is they take advice to take their ...

Australian businesses most worried about possible recession: Survey

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
... by adverse outcomes of frontier technologies (quantum, biotech, geoengineering) at fourth place, and by the decline in health and wellbeing at fifth place. Compared with the G20 average, after economic downturn, insufficient public services and social ...

Preparing earlier boosts average super balance by over $250k: Brighter Super

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
... comfortably, compared to 44% who began after 60, and just 16% who did not plan at all. Preparing earlier is crucial as health, job changes and caring responsibilities remain strong triggers for earlier-than-planned retirement, Brighter Super said. "This ...

Women in Super announces new board line-up

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
... includes senior communications leadership at the ACTU and roles advising federal ministers across the attorney-general, health and families portfolios. The second new director is Michelle Ingram, who brings 25 years of banking experience across business ...