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Canadian pension giant sued over alleged climate failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
Four young Canadians are suing the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, claiming the fund breached its duty to invest in their interests by failing to protect their retirement savings from climate risk. The plaintiffs, Aliya Hirji, Travis Olson, Rav ...

MLC sets sights on top super funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
... leadership report am I going to be able to write and pop up my website for someone to read. It's back to that original point around, how do individuals consume data today and understand where they get their information from, and how do I put that ...

Shield, First Guardian fallout calls for tougher scrutiny on research houses, licensee governance

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... serious money from the advisory market, they need a research report, and more importantly, a positive rating, as a starting point to getting on APLs, and then onto platforms," Gosselin said "A research report should be unbiased, but if the manager is ...

FEATURE: Fund admin | Tight Ship

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... resilience that these very important entities need to have." Given the current state of affairs, has the super industry reached a point of diseconomies of scale? If so, is it wise to continue to drive down ocean-basin-level admin fees? Gee says one of ...

Feature: Retirement | Rewarding risk

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... can any of us know with any certainty how long we will live and how long our retirement savings should last? Hillier's point is that people's retirement spending has peaks and troughs, but that peak income is needed when people are enjoying maximum ...

Feature: Group insurance | Cold comfort

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... personal finances due to time off work and the cost of accessing treatment and support." The situation is reaching a tipping point, she says, with the life insurance industry also under immense pressure. "Every year we see a growing number of people ...

'We have entered a new economic era': CBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... be underestimating the depth of change and the likelihood of future shocks. "The current US-China frictions are a case in point. China and the US aren't negotiating a typical trade deal; they are flexing their economic and strategic muscle as part of ...

Qualitas co-founder trades in equity for $53m

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2025
Qualitas group managing director Andrew Schwartz is offloading 15.1 million shares in the company he co-founded to rake in about $52.9 million. Schwartz is selling about 5% of his total stake to an unnamed large global listed equities manager. He told ...

Super risks continue as advice gets all clear

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2025
... escalation pathways are common root causes. While most funds process transactions on time, large cohorts of delayed cases point to systemic breakdowns that require stronger preventative frameworks." In addition, the report said as funds digitise and ...

Tyndall AM boosts small cap team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
Tyndall Asset Management has appointed a deputy portfolio manager for its Australian small companies fund. Scott Hudson brings over two decades of experience to the Yarra Capital Management offshoot, across domestic and international equity markets ...