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CalSTRS secures US$190m settlement against Meta

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2025
... plaintiff in the case, which will now see the defendant directors pay US$190 million directly back to the company to the benefit of shareholders. It marks the second-largest settlement of a derivative action in the Delaware Court of Chancery's history ...

Super SA introduces indexed options

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2025
Super SA is rolling out several new investment options across some of its schemes, including two indexed options. From December 1, Super SA is making two new indexed options available to Triple S scheme members - Indexed High Growth and Indexed Balanced. ...

PE activity to continue momentum in 2026: Corrs

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2025
... appetite for growth in technology, business services and financial services, and growing interest in businesses which can benefit from increased demand onshore manufacturing, particularly in the defence sector. It noted mid-market transactions in the ...

AMP launches new digital financial advice tools

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2025
AMP has launched a series of new digital advice solutions to provide members with personalised retirement plans. The recent enhancements include streamlined access to three new retirement sub-journeys and a retirement planner. Through the new digital ...

Cbus launches Age Pension campaign

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
Cbus has launched a campaign to help its members near the age of retirement claim government pension benefits. In a recent survey of its members, Cbus found that nine out of 10 respondents approaching retirement age lack confidence in understanding ...

Delaying reforms to YFYS test, RG97 costing members: Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2025
... additional $20,300 if the unintended consequences of these regulatory instruments were addressed. This is similar to the benefit gained from increasing the Superannuation Guarantee from 12% to 12.5%, it said. According to the report, investing in startups ...

Japanese insurer acquires stake in Barings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2025
... MassMutual will create lasting value for all three firms." Barings will remain an independent subsidiary of MassMutual but will benefit from an injection of growth capital and expand its existing arrangements with MS&AD through the management of assets ...

CalPERS adopts total portfolio approach

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2025
... among the investment team, so that their collective wisdom is harnessed to judge investments based on their potential to benefit the entire portfolio." The fund's discount rate, similar to an assumed rate of return, remains 6.8%.

Human biases call for simpler retirement framework: Research

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2025
Financial advisers need to tackle inherent behavioural bias in members and build simpler frameworks to improve retirement outcomes, according to research by Industry Fund Services (IFS). The whitepaper, published in collaboration with Challenger, identified ...

Ten Cap launches first active ETF

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2025
... institutional and advised clients to include retail investors. "We want all types of investors to gain access to our strategy and benefit from the returns that we have been generating for our existing investors for over two decades," she said. Alpha ...