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APRA plans to remove 'unnecessary obstacles' for longevity products

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
APRA has proposed changes to its prudential framework for annuities, committing to removing unnecessary obstacles to the development of more "innovative" and "competitively priced" longevity products. The regulator identified two issues with its existing ...

Trade war threat sparks allocation rethink by asset owners

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
Geopolitical uncertainty, particularly the spectre of a global trade war and its ensuing market fallout, was top of mind for asset owners surveyed in part one of Morningstar's annual Voice of the Asset Owner Survey. Of the asset owners surveyed, nearly ...

Nuveen reaches $650m in commitments for local RE debt strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
... loans or sustainable linked loans where applicable. Nuveen head of Australia and the global client group for Southeast Asia Andrew Kleinig said with the new capital, the firm can focus on working with the "highest calibre" of investors. "CPP Investments ...

Government to convene a productivity roundtable

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
... announcement of a Productivity Summit, noting that productivity is critical to boosting the economy. ACCI chief executive Andrew McKellar said productivity has been struggling for far too long and welcomed the comments by the Prime Minister about making ...

Fidelity International launches first global equity SMA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
Fidelity International has unveiled its first global equity separately managed account (SMA) in Australia, with support from private wealth partner Emanuel Whybourne & Loehr. The Fidelity Global Top 50 ex Australia Portfolio draws on the firm's global ...

Rest appoints chief member officer

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
... Rest has appointed Simone Van Veen as chief member officer, taking over from general manager, brand and member experience Andrew Ford who stepped in as interim chief member officer following the departure of Deborah Potts in November last year. Based ...

Financial Standard names Investment Manager of the Year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
Financial Standard has named the winners of its 2025 Investment Leadership Awards, recognising the best investment managers across Australian and international equities, property, infrastructure, fixed income, and multi-asset categories. The Financial ...

State Street's plan for power, product, partnerships

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) is the largest asset management firm in Australia by locally sourced assets under management (AUM) - by some margin - though few realise. With nearly $500 billion in local assets under its watch, mostly via institutional ...

Iress' superannuation consulting business changes hands

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
Iress' superannuation consulting and managed service business - part of the broader superannuation division - was acquired by Apex Group last week and has now been sold to data and technology firm Novigi. As part of the transaction, Novigi scooped ...

Regulators note advances in life insurers' practices

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
ASIC and APRA commenced a joint review in 2022 over concerns that life insurance premium increases might not have aligned with policy terms or met policyholder expectations set by disclosure and marketing materials, though has since noted progress. ...