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Australian Food Super to transition to age-based premiums

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2025
... Australian Food Super is transitioning its insurance offering to age-based pricing, with older members to pay much more for cover. For insurance purposes, Australian Food Super members are categorised as either manual workers or office workers. For manual ...

Super Moves: ANZ Staff, Aware, Equip, ART, VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2025
ANZ Staff Superannuation Scheme has appointed William Leong as head of investments, filling the vacancy left by Ruwanie Dias, who took up a role as global head of externally managed funds at QBE Insurance. Leong joins the $7 billion corporate fund from ...

CFS taps JPMAM for global strategies mandates

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2025
... investment approach," CFS chief investment officer Jonathan Armitage said. JPMAM's global and emerging market strategies cover over 2500 stocks with a focus on long-term fundamentals. "Their strategies provide access to high-conviction stock ideas supported ...

Explosive rise in claims drives new TPD solution for Acenda

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2025
... from long-term and permanent to episodic with a longer recovery period. The rise in claims is also driving premiums for TPD cover higher, making it increasingly unaffordable for many Australians, Acenda said. Acenda's new TPD Severity option aims to ...

ECP names new partner

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2025
ECP Asset Management has promoted Justin Warton to partner, where he will continue to oversee the ECP Global Growth Fund. Warton joined ECP in 2021 as a principal in investments, prior to which he spent seven years at First Sentier in several investment ...

Rest pays $40k over misleading statements

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2025
... infringement notices to the industry fund for misleading statements it made after charging more than 2000 members for insurance cover they were not supposed to have. The regulator said Rest made false or misleading representations in annual statements ...

FICAP RockStar raises $110k for charity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025
The Finance Industry Community Aid Program (FICAP) annual RockStar event raised $110,000 for charity last night. Each year, Sydney's financial services industry comes together to raise much-needed funds for multiple charity partners while discovering ...

AFCA temporarily reinstates UGC to address complaints

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) has reinstated United Global Capital's (UGC) membership until 31 March 2026, to ensure consumers can lodge complaints regarding Shield and First Guardian Master Fund. UGC was expelled from AFCA membership ...

Draft laws for insurers' ban on use of genetic test results released

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2025
... genetic testing, including when participating in medical research, will not impact their eligibility for life insurance cover or influence the terms and conditions applied to cover. The proposed new laws would still allow insurers to access information ...

Munro Partners adds institutional sales lead in Canada

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2025
Munro Partners is expanding its offering to Canada's major institutions, hiring an institutional investments executive based in Toronto this month. Brad Haughey has been appointed to the newly created role of vice president, institutional investments ...