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MBS Insurance partners with Orbital Life

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2025
... the investment advances the group's goals of expansion, by integrating Orbital Life's professionalism, energy, and sharp focus on growth. Under the deal, Orbital Life will leverage MBS's operational infrastructure, including its bespoke Salesforce ...

Schroders Australia chief executive to retire, successor named

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
Simon Doyle, chief executive of Schroders Australia, will step down next year after a 22-year career with the company, with his successor announced. After a thorough search, UBS Asset Management country head Australia and New Zealand Alison Telfer will ...

Cboe calls time on Australian market

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2025
Cboe Global Markets (Cboe), the parent company of Cboe Australia, is selling the Australian business to sharpen its strategic focus on emerging growth opportunities. Announcing the decision during its Q3 business update, Cboe has initiated the sales ...

FAAA names new board members

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
The Financial Advice Association of Australia (FAAA) appointed three members to its board who will serve a term of three years. Viridian Financial Group joint chief executive Glenn Calder and Marshan Consulting managing director Ben Marshan join as ...

M&A makes rebound, creating higher-value deals: Deloitte

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025
... support M&A activity, yet nearly half (47%) said international uncertainty is affecting their ability to execute deals, a sharp increase from 37% in 2024. In the financial services sector, which accounted for 14% of the total respondents, better deal ...

Morningstar calls out platform TDPs' use of rebates

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2025
... platform TDPs failed APRA's performance test. Only seven out of the 563 products that APRA tested failed in 2025, a sharp decrease from the 37 failures recorded in the year prior. APRA already pointed out that it was aware of how some super funds ...

Clime gains ground on culture, business model reset

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2025
Not done with pulling Clime Investment Management out of the red, managing director Michael Baragwanath's bold plans to turn the ship around entail a product and culture overhaul, and even giving away his short-term incentives (STI) to staff. After ...

Liquidity, operational shocks major issues for super: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2025
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has released its Financial Stability Review, highlighting that building resilience to severe liquidity and operations shocks must remain a priority for superannuation funds. "Superannuation funds now account for around ...

Private and public markets almost interchangeable: Expert

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
Private credit has traditionally been seen as an alternative during volatile events impacting listed investments, but that is changing, an expert says. Speaking at the JANA Annual Conference 2025, Shirley Luo, portfolio manager and director of opportunistic ...

Iress confirms new chief executive

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2025
... before that announcement, Iress also made the role of deputy chief executive Harry Mitchell redundant. Iress chair Roger Sharp thanked Price for his leadership during his tenure at the helm. "Marcus has delivered a pivotal turnaround for Iress, sharpening ...