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Income support system cannot handle claims surge: CALI

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2026
Australia's support income system is facing significant strain, with a sharp rise in people unable to work due to illness or injury, particularly mental health conditions. New research commissioned by the Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI) ...

Openmarkets makes private wealth play

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
... adviser count to 50 over the next three years, saying the aim is to give advisers the autonomy they value, while clients benefit from the resources and scale offered by Openmarkets. The new business comes as Openmarkets plans to list on the Nasdaq. Earlier ...

FEATURE: Fixed income | Adjusting the lens

PENNY PRYOR  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
... Russia's invasion of Ukraine shook global markets, to $645 million in December last year. Although fixed income is likely to benefit as investors seek safer asset classes in volatile markets, some industry experts are surprised by how non-reactionary ...

ASFA chair to step down after four years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
... Australia's superannuation sector into the one tent, and it is the only body that delivers end-to-end policy reform for the benefit of the whole sector." At the same time, Bryony Hayes, formerly chief risk officer at TelstraSuper, is also departing the ...

Pinnacle, National Pension Service of Korea up stake in Metrics

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
Pinnacle Investment Management and South Korea's public pension fund have bumped up their stakes in private credit specialist Metrics Credit Holdings. Pinnacle will acquire an additional 6.8% in Metrics to take its total ownership to 35%. The total ...

Betashares expands defined income ETF range

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
Betashares has launched its fourth defined income active ETF, now available on ASX's AQUA market. The 2031 Fixed Term Corporate Bond Active ETF (ASX: 31BB) will provide investors with exposure to a diversified portfolio of high yielding, fixed-rate ...

Navigator Global buys shares in 17 managers, enters partnership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2026
... leading alternative asset managers," he said. "This strategic partnership creates significant growth opportunities that will benefit both firms. Our focus is on continuing to build the target portfolio while executing additional partnership opportunities ...

Former Berndale director pleads guilty

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2026
... the lead-up to, and immediately following, the licence cancellation, D'Amore transferred company funds for personal benefit and to related parties. Regulators later moved to freeze the company's assets, with Berndale and its associated entities ...

Ausbil broadens wholesale sustainable fund access with ETF

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2026
Ausbil Investment Management has launched a new ETF, which leverages its Active Sustainable Equity Fund which was exclusive to wholesale and advised clients, to expand retail access for sustainable investment solutions. The new ETF (ASX: ASUS) provides ...

SMC backs proposal to close family violence super loophole

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2026
... submission also highlighted the need to include self-managed super funds, as well as more complex arrangements such as defined benefit schemes and reversionary pensions, where gaps in coverage could otherwise undermine the intent of the changes. SMC ...