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Explosive rise in claims drives new TPD solution for Acenda

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2025
Acenda has launched a new insurance benefit, Total Permanent Disability (TPD) Severity, in response to a significant surge in claims, particularly for mental health and musculoskeletal conditions. According to the life insurer, there was a 166% increase ...

Equip Super appoints chief risk officer

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025
Equip Super has promoted Michelle Cheong to chief risk officer, effective October 6. Cheong brings nearly two decades of experience in the superannuation and financial services industry. Starting her career at Ernst & Young, Cheong moved into senior ...

Guardians appoints new head of risk

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2025
... organisation including portfolio and model risk, compliance, operational due diligence and enterprise risk. Bringing nearly a decade of experience with ANZ Investments (ANZ), she finished her nine-year tenure with the company as the head of asset allocation ...

Vale Rupert Smoker

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2025
... Trustees chief executive Rupert Smoker has passed away at the age of 47. Smoker co-founded Evolution Trustees almost a decade ago and served as chief executive. He was well known in the financial services industry, particularly through his time at Perpetual ...

Stockspot reduces fees to increase accessibility

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2025
... individual HINs, automatic rebalancing to keep risk in check, and professional advice and tax reporting. "Over the last decade, we've proven that this approach works. Our portfolios have outperformed 100% of equivalent risk diversified funds over the ...

Age Pension to increase on September 20

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2025
... deeming. Analysis of ABS Labour Force Survey data by KPMG Australia suggests increases to the Age Pension over the past decade have contributed to the increase in Australians' expected retirement age. In FY25, the expected retirement age for men ...

Acadian hires local institutional distribution lead

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2025
... 25 years of experience across the investment industry. He joins from PIMCO, an organisation where he spent more than a decade, most recently as its senior vice president and account manager. Before that, he also held roles at IAG Asset Management, Challenger ...

Macquarie considered acquiring Carlyle: Reports

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
Macquarie was allegedly in takeover talks with private equity giant Carlyle Group, but the discussions "fizzled", according to reports from US outlet Semafor. Had the talks continued and a merger were to happen, the combined entity would have had $1.5 ...

Aura Group explores ASX listing, appoints advisers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
Aura Group is assessing a potential listing on the ASX within the next 12-24 months and has appointed Morgans Corporate and E&P Capital to advise on it. Steinepreis Paganin and BTP Law will provide legal counsel, and Crowe will advise on audit and tax ...

Rest invests $390m in US REIT

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2025
Rest has made a $390 million (US$250m) contribution as part of a co-investment with funds managed by Blue Owl Capital into US-based real estate investment trust STORE Capital. The super fund said the property investment shows how growing demand for ...