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Vale Ken Atchison

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2025
... Consultants in February 2001 with the focus on providing advice and analysis to financial institutions, superannuation, insurance funds and investment managers across the management of their investment portfolios. He led the firm as managing director ...

TAL to provide mental healthcare program via partnership

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2025
TAL is collaborating with SANE, a digital mental healthcare platform for eligible super fund members dealing with mental health issues. The collaboration combines SANE's expertise and its clinical and lived experience insights, with TAL's investment ...

AZ NGA expands in South Australia

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... stake in financial advice firm Geographe Financial Group, which has provided advice on superannuation, investments and insurance since 1976 for clients in Western Australia. AZ NGA group chief executive Paul Barrett said the partnership with Oreon marks ...

Colonial First State, AIA agree $140m class action settlement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
... $140 million to settle a class action lawsuit brought by hundreds of thousands of super fund members who paid excessive insurance fees. The class action was launched by Shine Lawyers in January 2020 against Colonial First State Investments Limited (CFSIL) ...

Financial Standard managing editor wins Journalist of the Year Award

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2025
Financial Standard managing editor Jamie Williamson has won the Australian Financial Industry Awards' Industry Journalist of the Year Award. The annual awards hosted by the Institute of Financial Professionals Australia (IFPA) recognised Williamson ...

Cbus agrees to pay $23.5m fine

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2025
... November 13 for the court to approve. ASIC launched legal proceedings against Cbus over delays in the processing of insurance claims made by members in November 2024. Court documents filed by ASIC in the Federal Court alleged members were impacted by ...

Private credit start-up hires industry veteran as CIO

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
... head of investment strategy (Pacific) at Mercer and senior manager of investment strategy implementation at TAL, the insurance giant. Kingsmen chief executive Chris Smith welcomed Casey to the firm as the inaugural investment chief "He brings very deep ...

Tech concentration in super a major concern: APRA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
... security and privacy concerns. "One concern APRA is paying close attention to is concentration risk. Across banking, insurance and superannuation, critical operation delivery often hinges on a concentrated set of technology vendors in areas such as the ...

APRA tackles 'weak demand' for longevity products in second consultation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2025
... the illiquidity premium, APRA said it is seeking submissions on potential longer-term changes to the Life and General Insurance Capital (LAGIC) framework that could further address its objective of promoting retirement income products," APRA said. "To ...

APRA updates governance framework

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... interests and duties. APRA chair John Lonsdale said APRA remains committed to uplifting standards of governance in banking, insurance and superannuation. "Effective governance is fundamental to financial stability and sound risk management. Across our ...