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Insignia Financial posts strong quarter

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
... transfers of $163 million to Wrap. Insignia Financial chief executive Scott Hartley said positive returns from equity markets have also supported the performance. "During the quarter, we made significant progress on a number of key deliverables from ...

Rumours swirl around Perpetual's wealth business sale

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
... reporting growth in assets managed, assets under advice or administration, largely benefitting from continued growth in markets in which they operate," Reilly said. "In our asset management business, equity markets globally delivered strong returns through ...

Feature: Retirement | Rewarding risk

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... only when the GFC happened that everybody thought, 'Hey wait a minute, sequencing risk is important because equity markets do not always go up.' "So, there's been more of a focus on trying to control the volatility profile of that investment ...

APAC insurers favour multi-alternatives strategies: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... Report, which includes responses from life insurers across the world, highlighted that 30% are increasing their private markets allocation over the next 12 months. Close to three-in-five (58%) are satisfied with their current exposure to private markets ...

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

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... leadership team ready to accelerate growth, innovation, and impact across Australia's retirement income and life protection markets," Allianz Retire+ said on the changes. In August, Financial Standard first reported that the company made several ...

WAM takes over PIA board, vows to lift underperformance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... strategy that could increase fully franked dividends by 56% to 8.4c per share. "Unfortunately, in a world where investment markets continue to climb, largely due to the performance of a narrow band of companies, the PIA strategy has underperformed the ...

Listed asset managers trail ASX 200 in 2025: Morningstar

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... medium term rather than the double-digit gains seen in 2024. Morningstar equity analyst Shaun Ler said even though equity markets appear buoyed by optimism around further rate cuts by the US Federal Reserve, it does not necessarily translate into performance ...

'We have entered a new economic era': CBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... said. "This is a deep structural change, not a temporary Trump phenomenon - as some would like to think." Yeaman said markets appear to be underestimating the depth of change and the likelihood of future shocks. "The current US-China frictions are a ...

AWAG enters joint venture with Phillip Capital

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2025
... is overseeing operations of the Armytage Micro Cap Activist Fund (MCAF). Miles brings 20 years of experience in capital markets with expertise in stockbroking, wealth management, technology and compliance for capital markets to the role. This venture ...

Perpetual reports positive first quarter

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2025
... reporting growth in assets managed, assets under advice or administration, largely benefitting from continued growth in markets in which they operate," Reilly said. "In our asset management business, equity markets globally delivered strong returns through ...