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Feature: Group insurance | Cold comfort

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... settlements are taking considerably longer than the average death benefit payout. The growing challenges around the sustainability of TPD insurance and rising claims have led many super funds to increase premiums in recent years, further fuelling sustainability ...

Pinnacle acquires stake in Advantage Partners

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... management (FUM). It operates four units in Japanese buyouts, private solutions, Asia buyouts, and renewables and sustainability investing. Pinnacle expects Advantage Partners' organic growth potential, primarily driven by larger fund raises within Japanese ...

Carbon tax a 'missed opportunity': Debelle

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... "It's looking at the cost to your portfolio from both from the fiscal risks and also the transition risks." FS Sustainability is proud to be the media partner of the IGCC Summit 2025.

FINSIA's struggle to find scale

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... stood back, we determined that given those structural challenges, that was not enough to focus on that long-term sustainability challenge." Cox said the board considered whether it would be able to lower the cost per member on its own accord but determined ...

Insurers design framework for dealing with mental health claims

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2025
... to ensure claimants are assessed appropriately. The framework will support long-term affordability and industry sustainability and deliver greater clarity, fairness, and transparency for customers. CALI will assemble an expert panel, including medical ...

Tim Unger to depart ART

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
Australian Retirement Trust is losing one of the country's most prominent sustainability specialists, with veteran ESG expert Tim Unger set to depart at the end of the month. Unger, senior portfolio manager of sustainable investments, is tasked ...

ASIC sues Fiducian for ESG failures

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2025
... it to be unacceptable for entities to capitalise on investors' interest in ESG investments without ensuring sustainability-related representations are well-founded, transparent and consistent," Court said. "The bar for governance standards that underpin ...

Alphinity takes global fund to UK, Europe

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2025
... classified as an Article 8 fund reflecting its ESG-centred investment approach that promotes environmental and social sustainability and allocates to companies that follow good governance practises. Alphinity portfolio manager and global equity co-founder ...

APRA warns of super fund sustainability challenges

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2025
Almost half of all super funds have seen a decline in member accounts over the last year, despite the number of member accounts across the industry having increased. APRA assessed super funds' performance against a variety of metrics over one, three ...

Insurers' approaches reinforcing mental health stigma: Life CCC

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025
... following the increase in payouts for mental illness. The Life CCC recognised the surge, now placing pressure on sustainability and affordability across the sector to accommodate mental illness. Meanwhile, the inquiry also found that insurers lack reliable ...