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Why risk advice is on the verge of collapse: Experts

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2025
The challenges around risk advice have forced many advisers to abandon the sector. With greater complexity and a dwindling number of specialists, experts fear the risk market may cease to exist, the FAAA Congress 2025 has heard. There are currently ...

UniSuper commits over $760m to Macquarie AM's infra strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2025
UniSuper is partnering with Macquarie Asset Management (MAM), investing $766 million (US$500m) in its infrastructure-adjacent private equity strategy, which includes $383 million (US$250m) for the strategy's first two investments. Under the agreement ...

Feature: Group insurance | Cold comfort

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
For much of the past year or so, there has been a great deal of focus on the superannuation industry and its processing of insurance claims, largely owing to immense delays at some of the largest institutions. Stories have emerged of the likes of AustralianSuper ...

Platinum LIC turns down WAM bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2025
Platinum Capital (PMC) shareholders have rejected Wilson Asset Management's (WAM) bid to be the investment manager of the listed investment company (LIC) in the hope of replacing Platinum Asset Management. WAM flagged its intentions of becoming the ...

Super Moves: ANZ Staff, Aware, Equip, ART, VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2025
ANZ Staff Superannuation Scheme has appointed William Leong as head of investments, filling the vacancy left by Ruwanie Dias, who took up a role as global head of externally managed funds at QBE Insurance. Leong joins the $7 billion corporate fund from ...

Feature: Digital advice | Sleeping giant

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025
About three years ago, robo-advisers, one by one, began dropping like flies. The likes of Six Park, Upstreet and Advice Intelligence either folded or were acquired. Even Ellerston Capital's ethically based robo-adviser, which launched in early 2023 ...

Australia maintains global retirement security ranking: Natixis

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
... Australians believe it is increasingly more difficult to retire securely. Natixis Investment Managers Global Retirement Index (GRI) showed across the sub categories, Australia declined in finances in retirement but has improved, or remained steady, across ...

Cbus vows faster death benefit payouts

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025
After being caned by ASIC for making beneficiaries wait for more than 90 days to receive a death benefit, Cbus is vowing to pay them faster. Where members have not nominated a beneficiary, Cbus said benefit payments will be paid to the surviving current ...

FEATURE: Back in action

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2025
As the old saying goes, 'you've got to spend money to make money.' And, as equity markets continue their strong run and global uncertainty calms, geared strategies have been making a comeback. But for those thinking a geared strategy is a good way to ...

Aware Super invests in $1bn venture

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 28 AUG 2025
Aware Super has partnered with European fund manager Equitix and the UK National Wealth Fund (NWF) to invest $1.04 billion (£500m) in a UK battery storage platform. Led by Equitix, the consortium will fund Eelpower Energy to build, own, and operate ...