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Natixis, Generali call off $3.2tn joint venture talks

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
Natixis Investment Managers and Generali Investment Holdings (GIH) have decided to call off their plans for a joint venture, citing conditions not ripe to reach a final agreement. Natixis' owner BPCE and GIH's parent company Generali said they ...

Mulino wants PII to step up to make CSLR sustainable

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2025
The professional indemnity insurance (PII) sector will be forced to play a bigger role in making the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) sustainable, Assistant Treasurer Daniel Mulino proposes, as the Opposition slams the scheme for "constantly ...

Dexus doubles stake in Brisbane shopping centre to 50%

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
... 25% in Westfield Chermside in July for the same amount, taking Dexus' total stake in the asset to 50%. Dexus executive general manager for retail Kirrily Lord said: "This transaction leverages our established relationship with Scentre Group to secure ...

FEATURE: Private credit | At the precipice

GLENDA KORPORAAL  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
The warning by JPMorgan Chase chief executive Jamie Dimon about the possibility of there being more "cockroaches" in the US private credit market has sparked a flurry of debate about risks in the market at a time when its potential is being assessed ...

Betashares-backed firm names inaugural managing partner

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
... Financial, Macquarie Bank and AMP. Most recently, a director at Investment Trends, he spent four years at Insignia Financial as general manager of advisory solutions. That role followed a 10 stint at Macquarie Adviser Services, where he served as head ...

Prime Super awards fixed income mandate

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
... mandate. We look forward to working closely with them to deliver the best financial outcomes for our members," Prime Super general manager of investments Michael McQueen said. "Their strategic and active approach to fixed income investing resonates well ...

'Unretiring' a global trend: T. Rowe Price

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
T. Rowe Price's inaugural Global Retirement Savers Study has revealed nearly 34% of retirement savers worldwide expect to work at least part-time after retiring. The survey found this expectation is most pronounced in the United States, where 37% of ...

Women in Super announces new board line-up

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
... background includes senior communications leadership at the ACTU and roles advising federal ministers across the attorney-general, health and families portfolios. The second new director is Michelle Ingram, who brings 25 years of banking experience across ...

Benchmark report reveals crucial blind spots in whistleblower protections

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
In a report published today, ASIC has outlined several key trends among companies' whistleblower policies, and where they need to improve. Insights from the ASIC Whistleblower Questionnaire: July 2024 to June 2025 (REP 827) - which studied 134 companies ...

Chalmers accused of sitting on advice for MIS reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
... requirements," the Treasury report said. "Proactive and risk-based surveillance by ASIC in this regard is key, as this has both a general deterrence effect as well as the ability to swiftly reduce the risk of consumer harm and detriment."