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'Shockproof' portfolios integrate geopolitical risks: CIO

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2026
... Furthermore, investors should not ignore the speed at which assets respond to front-page news, whether on a data terminal or via the internet. "We need to ensure that we're constructing portfolios that can absorb those very rapid developments," Armitage ...

Westpac fined $26m for financial hardship neglect

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2026
... home loans, credit cards, personal loans and car loans, contacted the bank on financial hardship grounds between 2017 to 2023 via subsidiaries St George Bank, Bank SA and Bank of Melbourne. Westpac blamed the oversight on "technology failure". On the ...

Digital advice now available for Future Super members

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
Future Super members are now able to access digital advice via its mobile app, with the capability to be introduced across to Future Group's broader brand offering over time. The super fund announced the partnership with Bravura's Midwinter to bring ...

HUB24 expands retirement options with TAL

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026
... milestone on MLC Expand, describing it as the "fastest growing IRIS solution." AMP, which also offers retirement income products via AMP Super and North platform, stated they are "pleased" to see uplifts like this across the retirement segment. "Our ...

CFS plots 'largest' retirement product expansion with new alliance

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... in August, with further solutions to be introduced over the next 12 months. AMP, also offering retirement income products via AMP Super and North platform, stated they are "pleased" to see uplifts like this across the retirement segment. "Our industry ...

CALI calls for government to help fund CSLR

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
The Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI) is calling on the government to help fund the burgeoning Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) to stop putting "undue" pressure on Australia's risk advisers. The government has announced the shared ...

QIC Ventures helps raise $25m for defence tech company

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026
... Australian Army and US Department of Defense, also known as the US Department of War, to "detect and track threats in real time" via an artificial intelligence (AI) sensing system that serve as the "eyes and brains" of machinery such as drones. QIC Ventures ...

ACCC approves Zurich's ClearView takeover

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026
... protection, TPD and trauma insurance. ClearView primarily supplies these life insurance products under its ClearChoice brand and via the retail financial adviser channel. Zurich Financial Services is owned by Zurich Insurance Group, which is listed on ...

WAM offers global real assets exposure via new offering

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2026
Wilson Asset Management (WAM) has launched a real assets fund, providing investors with exposure to assets, including natural capital like water, agriculture and timber. The Wilson Asset Management Real Assets Fund (WRAF) will partner with specialist ...

Government plans 'standardised' assessment for NDIS

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
The government is taking the next steps to restore the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) to its original intent by delivering quality services, clarifying eligibility requirements, slow rapid cost increases and address fraud. The changes are ...