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State Street appoints head of Asia Pacific

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2026
... launched its first Australian actively managed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in a partnership with Blackstone Credit and Insurance. The State Street Blackstone Senior Loan Active ETF (ASX: SBSL) and State Street Blackstone High Income Active ETF (ASX ...

Infocus continues leadership expansion with new appointment

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2026
... decades of experience in financial services across the UK and Australia. He began his career as an accountant at various insurance and financial institutions earlier in his career. He also stationed at MLC Insurance, Aviva, Mortgage Insurance in senior ...

Industry, economist blasts One Nation's super agenda

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2026
... and still struggling to get ahead. Interest rates keep rising. Rents keep climbing. Groceries, power bills, petrol and insurance are taking more and more out of the family budget," One Nation senator for Queensland Pauline Hanson said. "One Nation wants ...

Royal London AM hunts for next chief

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2026
... boards of Royal London Unit Managers and Royal London Unit Trust Managers while remaining on the Royal London Mutual Insurance Society board. Royal London group chief executive Barry O'Dwyer said Cazeaux will provide continuity and stability until a ...

ASIC and APRA move to streamline FAR

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2026
... established accountability obligations for senior executives and financial institutions, applies across the banking, insurance and superannuation sectors. The consultation comes as regulators continue to balance stronger individual accountability with ...

Scams and governance failures dominate tip-offs to ASIC

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2026
... managed investment schemes, unlicensed provision of financial services conduct, and other conduct related to advice, insurance, and misleading and deceptive or unconscionable behaviour. Around 1950 of the complaints were of unregistered managed investment ...

AIA Australia rolls out TPD CORE

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2026
AIA Australia has launched TPD CORE, a new retail product that charges lower premiums and provides clearer claim assessment criteria for total and permanent disability (TPD). Some of TPD CORE's key features include a five-year rate guarantee, a ...

Insurer sanctioned for over 10k breaches

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2026
The Life Insurance Code Compliance Committee (Life CCC) has sanctioned a life insurer after it reported more than 10,000 breaches of the Life Insurance Code of Practice (Life Code) in relation to failure to provide timely, completed annual notices. ...

Superannuation assets inch to nearly $4.8tn

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2026
... trusts that are already or have become aligned with their industry or provide the flexibility to maintain their bespoke insurance arrangements. Public sector superannuation funds on the other hand will "continue to grow over the coming years, albeit ...

KKR to pocket $24bn from USI sale

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2026
KKR, alongside other co-investors, have agreed to sell USI Insurance Services to Aon for $24 billion (US$17bn). USI is an insurance brokerage and consulting business across risk, employee benefits and retirement solutions, and boast more than 10,500 ...