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Product Showcase: Making group insurance count

THE FINANCIAL STANDARD TEAM  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2026
... superannuation and long before a claim event occurs. This is especially true for prospective Gen Y clients. The FAAA's 2024 Consumer Research on the Value of Advice found that Gen Y respondents were more likely than older generations to value a holistic ...

Why HNW investors are choosing shopping centres

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2026
... immediate cash benefit. Equally, if they drop by 20%, we're not going to suffer a cash decline." The threat from digital consumer spending has also since "stabilised", Miles added, highlighting that only 12% of total consumer transactions were online ...

Treasury consults to improve data visibility into MISs

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2026
... gaps that limit regulatory visibility, with a view to supporting more effective supervision and reducing the risk of consumer harm," Mulino said. The consultation builds on the Government's 2026-27 budget investment of $10.3 million in ASIC's ...

ASIC halts Remara's private credit products for TMD deficiencies

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2026
... guaranteed product, ASIC said, and there is no guarantee of the investment result, return or the amount payable to the consumer. ASIC said the fund's TMD suggested inappropriate levels of portfolio allocation as a "major component" of up to 75% and a ...

Mulino opens CSLR special levy consultation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2026
Treasury has commenced a targeted consultation on the distributions of the 2026-27 special levy for the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR). This comes after the CSLR operator announced in July that the estimated claim costs for 2026-27 were $190.3 ...

Magellan shuts down Vinva global equity retail funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2026
... ETF (ASX: MGOC) and Magellan Global Fund Hedged investment strategy. In the same month, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) also greenlit the merger between Magellan Financial Group (MFG) and Barrenjoey Capital Partners, in a deal ...

MA Financial launches $500m fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2026
... and macroeconomic tailwinds supporting Australian retail real estate, including population-led demand growth, resilient consumer expenditure, severely constrained supply and lower retail floorspace relative to global peers. "This is driving both rental ...

AI moves into the advice process

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2026
Financial advisers could soon spend less time piecing together clients' histories and more time acting on them, as Marloo launches an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that searches entire client books alongside new research showing consumers are increasingly ...

Fed's rate hike exacerbates Australia's outlook

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2026
... economy. "The US economy also remains resilient. August employment increased by 162,000, unemployment is around 4.1%, and consumer and business spending remains reasonably strong," he said. "This data gives the Fed scope to tighten without immediately ...

Australian life insurers lag global peers: Capgemini

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2026
... carriers - have set a clear standard. They also achieve 41% higher revenue growth and 12% lower lapse rates by combining consumer-led strategies with intelligence-powered operations. In practice, they distinguish themselves against mainstream peers by ...