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Anti-hawking exemption for advisers a 'silly carve out': SCA

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2025
Super Consumers Australia (SCA) is calling on the government to alter anti-hawking legislation to ensure consistency between selling financial services and financial products. In response to an Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) consultation ...

ASIC turns spotlight on direct life sales

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2025
ASIC is warning life insurers to do better when it comes to their direct sales practices that have placed doubt on their compliance obligations and put consumer outcomes at risk. While some life insurance firms have improved since ASIC's 2018 review ...

Fidante loses $11.4bn in insto money

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2025
Challenger's Fidante Partners lost $11.4 billion in institutional client money in the last financial year with the majority of it exiting fixed income investments. The lion's share of $7 billion in net outflows left fixed income strategies while ...

WAM eyes Platinum LIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2025
Wilson Asset Management (WAM) is making a play to be the investment manager of a Platinum Asset Management listed investment company, offering a non-binding, indicative proposal. WAM is proposing to take over the investment management function of ASX-listed ...

Hostplus unveils new Lifecycle option, changes fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2025
Hostplus has renamed its Life investment option to Lifecycle and switched up the design of the option by reducing the life-stages from four to three. Under the new design, the three life-stages will be 'grow', 'maintain' and 'protect' ...

FICAP RockStar returns to The Beresford in 2025

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2025
The Financial Industry Community Aid Program's (FICAP) flagship event will once again be hosted at The Beresford in Sydney's Surry Hills in 2025. The FICAP RockStar 2025 event will take place at the venue on Thursday, September 25, bringing the opportunity ...

HSBC awarded Allianz Australia mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2025
HSBC has been appointed global custodian and fund administrator for the general and life insurance businesses of Allianz operating in Australia. Allianz Australia selected HSBC after a competitive tender which was designed to identify a securities services ...

CBA sets aside $52m for remediation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) said it has provisioned $52 million for remediation purposes as it finalises various class actions, including those related to superannuation and advice. CBA said the group is still defending two superannuation class ...

NGS Super aligns leadership team for growth

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2025
NGS Super is welcoming a new chief risk officer as the incumbent becomes chief financial officer, and two other executives take on new titles. Fotine Kotsilas has become NGS Super's chief risk officer, bringing over 25 years of experience across life  ...

Geopolitics, private credit force insurers to 'shift gears': Janus Henderson

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025
Due to a rapidly evolving investment landscape, Janus Henderson Investors said Australian insurers are increasingly reviewing their long-term investment strategies, emphasising dynamic risk management and changing priorities in the face of uncertainty. ...