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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 ...

Allianz Retire+ rejigs executive team, product and marketing chief exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
Allianz Retire+ has unveiled a new executive lineup that will move on without a chief product and marketing officer, and operations lead. Chief product and marketing officer Simon Aboud has left the business, Allianz Retire+ confirmed. Aboud joined ...

Listed asset managers trail ASX 200 in 2025: Morningstar

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
Morningstar's research found most ASX-listed asset managers have underperformed the ASX 200 Total Return Index since the start of 2025. The latest industry pulse noted shares of asset managers are likely to remain volatile, as investor sentiment ...

ASIC slaps MWL adviser with ban over Shield involvement

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
ASIC has banned Wade Spooner of Melbourne for eight years for advising his clients to invest their superannuation into the Shield Master Fund while he was an authorised representative of MWL Financial Services. Spooner, also a member of MWL's investment ...

'We have entered a new economic era': CBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) chief economist Luke Yeaman has warned investors that the world has entered a "new economic era" where the rules are "very different", in his most recent economic update. "Things that have been disdained in recent decades are ...

Public feedback welcomed for Life Code improvements

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2025
The independent review of the Life Insurance Code of Practice (Life Code) has released a consultation paper, setting out key questions to stakeholders and the public on how the Life Code can improve consumer benefits and insurers' conduct. The review ...

Aware Super promotes technology chief to C-suite

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2025
Aware Super has promoted its chief technology and data officer to the group executive level and will soon report to chief executive Deanne Stewart. Richard Exton will assume the role of group executive, chief technology and data officer on November ...

ETF Shares flees Cboe for better 'connectivity'

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2025
ETF Shares - launched last year on Cboe Australia with three distinct ETFs, all investing predominantly in the US - is transferring its ETFs to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). ETF Shares said the move will broaden accessibility across trading ...

Brookfield fully acquires Oaktree

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2025
Brookfield Asset Management is now the owner of Oaktree Capital after scooping up the remaining 26% stake in the credit fund manager for US$3 billion. The two firms first partnered six years ago. Brookfield paid about $6.8 billion for the 62% stake. ...

Qualitas co-founder trades in equity for $53m

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2025
Qualitas group managing director Andrew Schwartz is offloading 15.1 million shares in the company he co-founded to rake in about $52.9 million. Schwartz is selling about 5% of his total stake to an unnamed large global listed equities manager. He told ...