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FEATURE: Fund admin | Tight Ship

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
At any given opportunity, policymakers and industry leaders love to boast about Australia's 'world-class' $4.3 trillion superannuation system. While investments and performance have been impressive and the system has taken the pressure off the government ...

Regal Partners makes two senior hires

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
... distribution director she drove profitable growth in funds under management for its affiliated boutiques. She also worked at Plan B Wealth Management in Auckland earlier in her career.

Equip Super searches for new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
... oversaw successor fund transfers involving the Dow Australia Superannuation Fund in late 2019, and the Pitcher Retirement Plan in June 2020. He also sold off Catholic Super's banking business, MyLife MyFinance, to Challenger in December 2020. At ...

Feature: Retirement | Rewarding risk

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
Ben Hillier's 83-year-old mother recently went on her fourth overseas holiday this year. It was, says Hillier, at his insistence. A few years ago, his mother was convinced she wouldn't be able to travel anymore. She couldn't afford to do ...

Feature: Group insurance | Cold comfort

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... having to rethink how we better serve customers in the decades ahead." CALI is now working to develop an industry action plan for mental health, supporting long-term affordability and sustainability while better supporting claimants. This involves a ...

APAC insurers favour multi-alternatives strategies: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
Life insurers across the Asia Pacific are favouring multi-alternatives strategies as their top asset class as it offers a more efficient path to portfolio diversification across private assets, new research suggests. BlackRock's 2025 Global Insurance ...

First Guardian shaves $286m off Praemium FUA

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2025
Praemium has calculated the impact of its exposure to the First Guardian collapse, reducing its total funds under administration (FUA) by close to $300 million. Praemium reduced its FUA by $286 million in relation to First Guardian holdings in the September ...

AustralianSuper pumps $1.1bn into fresh UK investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2025
AustralianSuper has launched a new UK Living platform with an initial $1.1 billion (£500m) investment. The new platform will target investments in the UK living sector, looking to deploy funds at scale over the next 12 months. The $382 billion super ...

Public feedback welcomed for Life Code improvements

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2025
... the first of many key considerations in the consultation. Last week, CALI stated that it is developing an industry action plan for mental health claims over the next 12 months, a move to ensure all claimants are assessed appropriately. Some questions ...

China wants to be leader in renewable energy: Gore

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2025
As China continues to flourish in renewable energy innovation, it may well take pole position amid the transition, says Al Gore. Addressing the IGCC Summit 2025 in Sydney this morning, Generation Investment Management founding partner and chair Al Gore ...