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ASIC, APRA target insurers' TPD product sustainability

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2026
... dominate the adviser-led market. Another issue is if the appropriate pricing of existing products reflects the latest TPD risk profile. On this matter, APRA emphasised the importance of robust reserving and pricing practices, so assumptions keep pace ...

Digital advice now available for Future Super members

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
... Members can also explore contribution and accumulation strategies, aligned investment options with their preferences and risk appetite, receive real-time guidance and complete the process through a self-service digital experience. They will receive a ...

Feature: Private credit | The fine print

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
... private credit today is responding to that economic need," she says. Robb notes real estate lending has a completely different risk profile with usually a shorter loan tenure and average maturity of 12 months, giving a natural redemption and forming ...

Aware Super dashboard not flashing red just yet

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
... ensure it can be a buyer or provide liquidity to pockets of the market where it might dry up. "But proactively selling out risk, I'm not sure we can time it," he said. In terms of managing complexity in portfolios, Warner said the one principle the ...

ISS STOXX Sustainability names APAC head

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026
ISS STOXX strengthens its sustainability business in APAC with the appointment of a new regional head. Julia Leske has been promoted to head of sustainability business, APAC, which is a newly-created role reporting to the group's global head of ...

Brighter Super invests $225m as part of $500m commitment

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026
... Maintenance Technologies and ProcurePro. Farrar said future investment would continue to be assessed against the same return, risk and cost hurdles applied across the broader portfolio.

Macquarie shareholders question its climate change commitment

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026
... Australian Ethical is part of the 160 shareholders on the resolution. Last year, 35% of shareholders voted for improved climate risk exposure and management. In its annual report published earlier this month, Macquarie said while it remains committed ...

Behavioural constraint is costing retirees greatly: Allianz Retire+

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026
... that clients are not just managing finances; they are managing uncertainty about the future. However, he added longevity risk often puts advisers in a difficult place. "Longevity is the one major retirement risk advisers can't meaningfully diversify ...

APRA sharpens oversight, flags tech and geopolitical risks

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026
... geopolitical instability, rapid artificial intelligence (AI) adoption and growing complexity in global markets reshape the financial risk environment. In its latest System Risk Outlook, the prudential regulator said Australia's financial system remained ...

Data, compliance key to successful technology-enabled advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... clients, it's too late. This idea that compliance groups and consultants do four checks on client advice per year is a huge risk to the industry." The end of the process culminates in an "ASIC-level, AFCA-level and a licensee-level audit" in pre-providing ...