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Product Showcase: Making group insurance count

THE FINANCIAL STANDARD TEAM  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2026
... insurance through super. Over the course of 10 years, millions of working Australians went from having automatic default cover through their super to having none at all, before fresh calls emerged to ensure fund members better understand their cover ...

Active managers face selection test: Morningstar

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2026
The active versus passive debate is increasingly becoming a question of manager selection, with Morningstar finding the best active managers continued to generate excess returns despite passive strategies generally outperforming across most Australian ...

Praemium brings forward chair succession

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2026
Praemium will bring forward its leadership transition at board level, with its current chair stepping down as the platform and portfolio administration business continues to expand its focus on high-net-worth investors and technology. Matthew Quinn ...

Shield investors launch Macquarie class action

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2026
... Macquarie's superannuation platform to invest in Shield, including those who have already received a payout but believe it did not cover their full losses.

Active strategies a different story in ETFs: MSCI

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2026
Despite continuous underperformance from active fund managers in recent years, MSCI's new report highlights the sentiment is drastically different when it comes to actively managed exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Australian advisers are increasing their ...

Sodor Capital plots New Zealand expansion with new hire

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2026
Australian fund distributor Sodor Capital has appointed an executive to lead its New Zealand expansion, while opening a new office in Singapore. The expansion across the Asia Pacific region follows a distribution mandate awarded to the firm from a European ...

Automic Group launches full-service fund admin, custody platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2026
Automic Group has launched its enhanced fund administration and custody platform to deliver an automated and scalable operating model for fund managers, supported by Northern Trust. The purpose-built capability automates critical fund administration ...

Super turns a safety-net retirement into a comfortable one: ASFA

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2026
... trip every few years. They can run a good car that is regularly serviced," Delahunty said. "At the modest level, health cover is basic, probably a hospital plan only, holidays are domestic only, and you eat out very occasionally. On the Age Pension alone ...

JOHCM taps Northern Trust for outsourced trading

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2026
Perpetual's J O Hambro Capital Management (JOHCM) has appointed Northern Trust as its sole outsourced trading provider, extending the investment manager's access to global markets, liquidity and broker networks. The appointment will support trading ...

Australian life insurers lag global peers: Capgemini

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2026
A new survey from Capgemini found that Australian life insurers are stowed behind the global average when it comes to member engagement and educational efforts. According to Capgemini's The World Life Insurance Report 2027, which is based on a global ...