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Canadian pension giant sued over alleged climate failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
... assessing physical risks", the filing states. Critics have included Norges Bank Investment Management, the largest sovereign wealth fund, it notes. It also claims the fund has failed to appropriately disclose its climate-related financial risks and has ...

Kenya to establish sovereign wealth fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
Kenya is planning to roll out its first sovereign wealth fund as it looks to safeguard its income derived from oil, gas and minerals mining. The Kenya Sovereign Wealth Fund is designed to provide a buffer from fluctuations in resource revenues or macro-economic ...

Challenger, Iress partner for retirement income solution

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
... income stream calculations, strategy modelling, advice generation and the advice review processes. Iress chief executive - wealth APAC Kelli Willmer said the demand for retirement advice will grow as the number of Australians entering retirement is set ...

Russell Investments launches private markets offering

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025
Russell Investments and Invest Blue have launched the Cornerstone Private Markets Managed Portfolio, offering advised clients exposure to private assets. The Cornerstone Private Markets Managed Portfolio offers an advised pathway into private equity ...

FEATURE: Fund admin | Tight Ship

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... from 0.24% to 0.23% largely due to the strong growth in AUM year on year. KPMG Australia national sector leader, asset and wealth management Linda Elkins says there has been a lot of marketing and promotion that lower admin fees are advantageous. "It ...

Regal Partners makes two senior hires

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
... investor relations teams, which saw senior distribution executive Camelia Seric take on an expanded role as head of private wealth distribution for Regal Partners. Seric previously served as head of distribution at Merrick Capital, which Regal Partners ...

Insignia Financial posts strong quarter

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
... more than $700 million in funds under advice." Meanwhile, earlier this month, Insignia completed the transition of MLC Wealth custody service from NAB Asset Servicing to BNP Paribas. "This involved migrating 473 investment funds and superannuation portfolios ...

Rumours swirl around Perpetual's wealth business sale

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
Perpetual told shareholders negotiations are ongoing for the sale of its wealth business, which was initially announced in February. This comes as Bloomberg reported Oaktree Capital has secured private credit financing from Ares Management and Barings ...

Feature: Group insurance | Cold comfort

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... fast-track this by running insurer and trustee processes in parallel where possible. In his experience, Integro Private Wealth director Tim Sullivan says the typical timeframe for processing death benefit claims ranges from two to eight weeks, depending ...

AWAG enters joint venture with Phillip Capital

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2025
The ASX-listed Australian Wealth Advisors Group (AWAG) has entered a strategic joint venture with Phillip Capital Australia, covering funds management and distribution. The joint venture allows for Armytage and AWAG products and services to be distributed ...