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Genetic testing ban may drive up insurance cost, premiums: FAAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JAN 2026
... results who do not have a poor family history of disease and illness," it said. At the second reading of the bill last November, assistant treasurer Daniel Mulino said: "Genetic tests help save lives. Australians should not be discouraged from undertaking ...

Mercer Investments axes managers, awards fresh mandates

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2026
... ability to constrain unrewarded risks while maintaining desired idiosyncratic and/or factor exposures," Mercer said. Last November, Mercer shuttered four international equities options that sat within its Managed Portfolio Series Funds. Mercer's ...

Most read in 2025: Superannuation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025
... ASIC over delays in paying out death benefits, after it remediated members last year. AustralianSuper announced last November that it would compensate around 7000 beneficiaries with $4.2 million for death benefit claims that exceeded the fund's internal ...

Macquarie to pay Shield victims in full

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2025
... much as 75%. In May 2024, the Shield fund claimed to have $525.3 million in net assets attributable to unitholders; last November, Deloitte said it was likely to be more like $205.8 million to $238.8 million.

Equity Trustees slashes value of Shield investments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
... in Shield. In May 2024, the Shield fund claimed to have $525.3 million in net assets attributable to unitholders; last November, Deloitte said it was likely to be more like $205.8 million to $238.8 million. Effective yesterday and using the initial Financial ...

Cbus vows faster death benefit payouts

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025
... Market Services, have been slammed for several death benefit processing failures. Taking Cbus to the Federal Court last November, ASIC alleged about 10,000 members have faced severe delays while some were left waiting more than 12 months for a payout. ...

Insignia finalises 1300 staff transfer to SS&C

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2025
... management, marketing, member education and advice and guidance. The move follows Insignia severing ties with NAB last November, which meant ceasing the use of the bank's systems and technologies. This involved Insignia transferring 700,000 MasterKey ...

Super moves: QIC, VFMC, ESSSuper, Aware Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... Bradshaw is a former member of a PRI advisory committee tasked with designing a stewardship initiative for nature. Last November, CareSuper merged with Spirit Super to form a fund with $53 billion in assets under management.

BlackRock rebalance sparks record-high ETF trades on ASX

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... Donald Trump's aggressive trade tactics that soured the bullish sentiments immediately triggered by his election last November. As at mid-March, however, the S&P500 is 9% lower from its February all-time high. "Some of the US macro data has not been ...

Swiss fund manager expands in Australia

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
... and hope to conclude the deal as early as practical," he said. The transaction is due to finalise around June 30. Last November, Youngtimers acquired C Capital, an US$800 million fund manager that focuses on Asia Pacific growth-stage investments across ...