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Colonial First State completes group insurance review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024
... AIA Australia," she said. "Our members will benefit from lower insurance premiums and will have access to a full range of health and wellness programs along with digital servicing tools that will make it easy to customise cover and claim," Power added. ...

Super moves: Future Fund, Aware Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024
... whole-of-portfolio risk-adjusted returns over a multi-year time horizon. She joined Future Fund from The George Institute for Global Health, where she worked as a research analyst responsible for data collection, analysis, and publication of state-based ...

VFMC welcomes two key execs

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2024
... retail and professional services. More recently, she took an interim role with a niche provider of language testing for health professionals. "Emma's broad and deep experience and achievements will provide VFMC with the people leadership and skills ...

Engage Financial launches practice management firm

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2024
Engage Financial Solutions has launched Engage Practice Management - a partner firm dedicated to providing professional services firms with business solutions. Engage Practice Management will provide support through leadership coaching in EOS Implementation ...

Superannuation tax shakeup proposed by Actuaries Institute

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2024
A discussion paper commissioned by the Actuaries Institute has proposed a three-pronged tax reform package aimed at making the superannuation system less complex, more equitable, and sustainable. The professional body argued that the complexity of taxes ...

Permanent disablement claims for mental health explodes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024
Total and permanent disability (TPD) claims because of mental health for Australians aged 30 to 40 increased by 732% over the past decade, according to a new report by KPMG, commissioned by the Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI). Although the ...

GDP grows but still slow: 'Confirms our worst fears'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
... footwear rose in response to unseasonably warm weather and essential spending grew moderately with continued growth in rent, health, and education services," Keenan said. Spending by Australian travellers overseas also contributed to growth in tourism ...

Nuveen extends private credit fund to Australian investors

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2024
Nuveen has extended access to its private capital platform to Australian wholesale investors via the launch of the Nuveen Churchill Private Credit Income Fund. Nuveen said the fund has already secured early investment from a range of Australian wealth ...

OC Funds Management launches fund, scores mandate

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2024
OC Funds Management launched its first Australian equity mid-cap fund, securing more than $500 million from MLC Asset Management. MLC Asset Management has awarded a mandate to OC to manage over $500 million in the newly launched fund. The OC Mid-Cap ...

Advisers put faith in global equities, small caps in 2025

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024
A new study from Fidante suggests financial advisers will remain bullish on global equities and Australian small caps in the coming months. The Fidante Adviser Markets Survey, which surveyed more than 200 advisers, shows these are the asset classes ...