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AMP Super launches new app

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2026
... payment schedules, adjust eligible payments and submit withdrawal requests, while functionality, including investment and insurance management and performance tracking. Howes said AMP's research showed the need to improve retirement confidence despite ...

HESTA lowers investment fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2026
... invested and keeps working for their retirement," Campo said. "Alongside lower investment costs, we've also reduced insurance and income stream account fees this year so members at all stages of life can see the benefit. In some cases, members will ...

ASA launches $250m social infra fund

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2026
... operated by Equal Living Group and are designed for long term government funding programs including the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). ASA Real Estate Partners managing partner Tim Slattery said: "We really like alternate real asset sectors ...

AMP launches new insurance product

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2026
AMP has launched North Protect, a new insurance offering designed to make it easier for eligible clients to consolidate group insurance with their superannuation and investments on North. Underwritten by TAL, North Protect provides advisers with multiple ...

AIA snags Acenda head of products

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2026
... Acenda after leaving the firm in March. Alison Bodinnar has commenced in the role, bringing more than two decades of insurance and financial services experience across Switzerland and Australia. Most recently, she was the head of products and proposition ...

Instos seek returns from PM amid turbulence: IFM

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2026
... Private Markets 700 (PM700) survey, which gathered insights from 700 senior investment professionals across pension funds, insurance companies, wealth managers and investment consultants, displayed a heightened sentiment in allocating capital towards ...

CALI outlines Life Code changes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2026
... life insurers have set out their action plan with an aim to strengthen their commitments to customers under the Life Insurance Code of Practice (Life Code), following an independent review commissioned by the industry. The industry has committed to better ...

PPS Mutual creates new director of strategy role

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2026
... as director of proposition for more than a decade. He designed Professionals Choice, PPS Mutual's specialist life insurance offering. He was also key in launching the PPS Mutual Super Fund in 2019, allowing eligible professionals to fund their premiums ...

ASIC sets FY27 priorities straight

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2026
... firms. The regulator has published sector-specific supervisory letters covering banking, superannuation, general and life insurance, and financial markets, providing firms with greater visibility of its planned activities. "ASIC is actively working to ...

CFS launches retirement income optimiser

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2026
... feature operates while members are building their super and does not require changes to their existing investments, fees, insurance, account features or contribution strategies. Under current rules, when Retirement Income Optimiser is active, Centrelink ...