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Agentic AI adoption 'crucial' for future success: Capgemini

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2025
Although agentic artificial intelligence (AI) is still nascent across financial services globally, its adoption will be crucial in achieving growth, a new report indicates. According to Capgemini's World Cloud Report - Financial Services 2026 report ...

QIC increases investment in Tilt Renewables

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2025
QIC has agreed to acquire 19.9% of AGL Energy's 20% minority stake in Tilt Renewables, moving to 99.9% ownership of Australia's largest operating wind platform, for $750 million. The transaction consolidates Tilt Renewables' long-term Australian shareholder ...

QIC backs Queensland startup for faster cattle breeding

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2025
QIC Ventures has invested $10 million in Queensland agritech firm Nbryo, helping advance its cattle reproductive technology that can reduce seven years of breeding into a week. The seed raise, led by existing investor Tenacious Ventures alongside QIC ...

APRA to rejig non-traditional service providers framework

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2025
APRA is proposing changes to superannuation funds' arrangements with non-traditional service providers (NTSPs), which forms part of the newly implemented CPS 230. APRA said the proposed amendments will clarify its expectations for super funds' arrangements ...

Uniseed appoints chief executive

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2025
Uniseed has appointed Alastair Hick as its chief executive starting January 2026, succeeding Peter Devine who will leave the organisation in December after 20 years in the role. Hick will take over the role next year following a transition period through ...

Feature: Group insurance | Cold comfort

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
For much of the past year or so, there has been a great deal of focus on the superannuation industry and its processing of insurance claims, largely owing to immense delays at some of the largest institutions. Stories have emerged of the likes of AustralianSuper ...

Allianz Retire+ rejigs executive team, product and marketing chief exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
Allianz Retire+ has unveiled a new executive lineup that will move on without a chief product and marketing officer, and operations lead. Chief product and marketing officer Simon Aboud has left the business, Allianz Retire+ confirmed. Aboud joined ...

Rest injects more into $1.2bn Fidelity climate fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2025
Fidelity reached final close of its Real Estate Logistics Impact Climate Solutions Fund (LOGICs), raising a further $634 million from several institutions including Rest. The total investment capacity of the fund is now $1.2 billion (€710m), all of ...

Aware Super promotes technology chief to C-suite

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2025
Aware Super has promoted its chief technology and data officer to the group executive level and will soon report to chief executive Deanne Stewart. Richard Exton will assume the role of group executive, chief technology and data officer on November ...

Qualitas co-founder trades in equity for $53m

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2025
Qualitas group managing director Andrew Schwartz is offloading 15.1 million shares in the company he co-founded to rake in about $52.9 million. Schwartz is selling about 5% of his total stake to an unnamed large global listed equities manager. He told ...