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HUB24 appoints Formica to board

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2026
... comes as HUB24 continues to expand its product offering and adviser capabilities. In May, the wealth platform partnered with life insurer TAL to launch a lifetime super solution through HUB24 Super, broadening its retirement income offering alongside ...

Allianz Retire+ appoints senior manager

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2026
... she was a retirement specialist (MyNorth Lifetime) at AMP. She has also previously held roles at Insignia Financial, MLC Life Insurance, BT Advice and ANZ. Chief distribution and marketing officers Catherine van der Veen and Lucy Foster said Anantharaj ...

Generation Life confirms personal information leaked in cyber incident

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2026
Generation Life has provided an update regarding a cyber incident that took place in April, confirming information of a "limited number" of individuals has been impacted. The business suffered a cyber incident that involved an unauthorised third-party ...

Small fee increases cost nest eggs $77k: Vanguard

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2026
... scenarios assumed a 6.4% nominal annual investment return, Superannuation Guarantee contributions of 12%, and standard tax and life insurance costs of $1733. The only difference was fees from one account charged 0.56% p.a. while the other charged 1.06% ...

Bell Asset Management launches small-caps fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2026
Bell Asset Management has formally launched its Australian Small Companies Fund, which is run by former Tyndall Asset Management portfolio managers. Incepted on June 17, the managed fund invests in small companies outside the ASX 100. The actively managed ...

FEATURE | Member engagement | On the ball

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2026
... and habitual disengagement and, instead, dismiss it in the 'too-hard basket' to prioritise more immediate, pressing life issues such as saving up for a house or investment property. A Colmar Brunton (now Kantar) survey from 2010, for example ...

Federal Court calls out ASIC for re-running case on appeal

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2026
... against a previous finding of the Federal Court that a "pre-existing condition" term used in a range of products issued by HCF Life was not an unfair contract term. While the earlier finding that the term was liable to mislead the public remains intact ...

Acenda in the hot seat over enterprise agreement

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2026
The Finance Sector Union (FSU) has urged the employees of life insurer Acenda to reject an offered enterprise agreement that would see themselves "paid less, stripped of basic leave entitlements and given watered-down redundancy clauses." The FSU said ...

Capstone joins forces with PictureWealth to form $22bn FUA planning network

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2026
PictureWealth Group has inked a landmark deal with national advice licensee Capstone Financial Planning, forming a combined business with 360 financial advisers and $22 billion in funds under advice. Prior to the announcement, PictureWealth Group was ...

ASFA lifts comfortable retirement standard to $730k for couples

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2026
... bills, reshaping perceptions of retirement adequacy. "But the reality is that retirement generally costs less than working life. Retirees pay no tax on superannuation pension income after 60, most own their home outright, work-related costs disappear ...