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North inflows jump 60%

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2025
... first relates to allegations AMP charged higher premiums for certain members of AMP's superannuation funds for life insurance during the period 2019 to 2024. The second lawsuit relates to a dispute with Dexus Funds Management and Macquarie Retail ...

Macquarie AM closes $6bn European infra strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2025
... fund's final close, with an additional €2.3 billion ($4.1bn) raised from separately managed accounts. Designed for insurance companies and pension fund investors, MEID invests into high quality infrastructure debt assets aligned to Solvency II regulations ...

AMP appoints sales lead for North

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
... advisers across the country. Harry Georges has stepped into the role, bringing over 20 years of experience across advice, insurance, and platform distribution. Georges has led national and state-based sales teams at several organisations including iptiQ/Swiss ...

Elston expands institutional reach

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
... time, she worked closely with a wide range of institutional investors, including sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, insurance groups, official institutions and family offices. Elston head of adviser services Mark Smith said the timing of the appointment ...

ASIC fines advice groups over unregistered advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
... Victoria. According to ASIC, the unregistered adviser presented a Statement of Advice to a client in relation to life insurance products. "Failure to register a financial adviser creates a risk for consumers who may receive personal advice from unregistered ...

ART inks mandate with Zurich

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2025
Zurich Australia is set to take on a major mandate from Australian Retirement Trust (ART) to provide insurance for its Super Savings members. ART confirmed it has entered final contract negotiations with Zurich to take over the group insurance mandate ...

Hostplus extends MetLife partnership

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2025
Hostplus has extended its group insurance partnership with MetLife Australia until June 2028. Since the inception of the partnership in 2013, Hostplus said its members have enjoyed lower premiums, improved insurance terms, and a more personalised claims ...

Funeral insurer fined $4.75m

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2025
... managed when it was not. ACBF, a wholly owned subsidiary of Youpla Group (then ACBF Group), offered its funeral expenses insurance policy Aboriginal Community Funeral Plan (ACF Plan) primarily to Aboriginal consumers, ASIC said. Both entities have been ...

Mental illness payouts balloon over $2.2bn: CALI

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2025
... 30s over the past decade. CALI chief executive Christine Cupitt said Australia's financial safety net, not just life insurance, is reaching a "tipping point". "Every year we see a growing number of people, particularly younger Australians, leaving the ...

Super moves: TCorp, Mercer, Commonwealth

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
... NSW's sovereign investment manager. Bahramali joined TCorp from Resolution Life following eight years with QBE. At the insurance giant, he had two roles. He began his career as an investment analyst before transitioning to a planning and solutions ...