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Dai-ichi Life acquires 15% of M&G

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
... with M&G acting as a spearhead to develop our presence across Europe and the UK, accelerating our strategy to become a global top-tier insurance group. "M&G possesses not only a reputable and long-established life insurance business, but comprehensive ...

Soul Patts merges to create new $14bn company

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
Washington H. Soul Pattinson (Soul Patts) and diversified industrial group Brickworks have signed a binding merger agreement to create a new $14 billion ASX-listed company, TopCo. Under the proposed merger, TopCo will acquire all shares in Soul Patts ...

Awareness of options could boost advice access: CFS

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
Superannuation is the number one topic Australians want financial advice on, however a significant proportion have little to no idea they can pay for it through their super. Based on a survey of 2250 Australians, Colonial First State's (CFS) Empowered ...

Life insurers report another profitable quarter

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
... 2023-24. Of those, 938 related to group superannuation and 530 came from retail insurance. Delays in claim handling was the top issue in both retail and group income protection insurance. Delays accounted for 27% of all received income protection complaints ...

Industry funds feast, retail funds snack, corporate funds freefall

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... Super SaveSmart - Lifecycle Age 47 and under (6.5%), and Virgin Money SED - LifeStage Tracker 1984-1988. Interestingly, every top performing MySuper product was a lifecycle fund, with retail funds ruling the roost and a lone corporate fund squeezing ...

La Trobe debuts first ASX-listed investment product

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
... phase. La Trobe said the strategy is well supported and provides another strategic funding option. La Trobe ranked among the top wholesale fund managers by net flows over the year to March 31, according to Rainmaker Information. Only Metrics recorded ...

Cost-of-living, unaffordable advice fuels financial stress: Surveys

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
... Australians found one in five (20%) want to break the cycle of living paycheck to paycheck. The cost of living remains the top concern as 42% said they'd be unable to cope financially for more than three months if they lost their job or unable to ...

New gigs for Qantas Super execs

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
... with Australian Retirement Trust in March. This is in addition to the appointment of Qantas Super boss Michael Clancy to the top investment job at REST Super. Clancy, who led Qantas Super for over nine years, replaces Andrew Lill who departed last year ...

Age-based super strategies could add thousands to retirement savings

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
... lifecycle investment options from Colonial First State, Team Super, Virgin Money, TelstraSuper, and Aware Super, ranked among the top 10 performing MySuper options.

Managed funds should be 'prepared to take less'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... have a burst of great performance, whether that's in LICS with a manager or just a managed fund, might appear over the top and you take money from investors into your own pocket. I'm not a big fan of that." Hannah agreed, saying while there is ...