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In race for talent, Frontier Advisors beefs up senior ranks

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2025
... head of the LDI & government segment, has been recognised for his client leadership and development of the group's insurance house views. Liam Chiodi and Charlie Hurst, who were recruited as analysts in the expanded analyst team that Frontier set ...

NGS Super readies for admin transformation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2025
... the limited service period. All income and pension payments will be paid early, it added. Financial hardship payments, insurance claims and payments, and immediate access to funds will be available and prioritised, NGS Super said. "This upgrade is not ...

Allianz Retire+ streamlines business, trims workforce

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2025
... comment on how many roles were affected, it is understood it is less than 20% of the workforce. "Allianz Australia Life Insurance Limited (AA Life) recently announced a number of changes to its operating model, reinforcing its commitment to the Australian ...

ASIC warns of 'sharp rise' in financial misconduct

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2025
... and retail investors category, which includes credit issues, licence obligations, and other conduct related to advice, insurance, and misleading and deceptive or unconscionable behaviour. One example cited by ASIC was a report of a financial adviser ...

Future Fund taps AustralianSuper for property director

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2025
... Richmond will bring 25 years' experience to the fold. Prior to AustralianSuper, he was head of Australia at the global insurance group Ping An Real Estate for four years. He also boasts experience with Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse. ...

ASIC turns spotlight on direct life sales

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2025
... 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 into direct sale practices, "notable deficiencies" remain, the regulator expressed ...

Special feature: Hunting for value

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
... inflation-linked bonds, where there is duration which "supports the narrative" of any inflationary re-emergence. "We also like insurance-linked securities at this juncture which are still yielding a pretty healthy spread," he says. "So, you still get ...

Mercer Super sued over 'longstanding and systemic' failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2025
... a significant breach of a core obligation. The investigations, ASIC alleges, related to a range of issues including insurance premiums not being refunded correctly after members had died; member accounts not being created with default insurance; incorrect ...

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
... alleges that CFSIL did not act in the best interests of members and breached its trustee duties when taking out group insurance policies obtained from CMLA. The key allegation is that CFSIL entered and maintained insurance policies with CMLA on terms ...