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Fees below 0.65% drive ETP success, flows: Rainmaker

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... the product can still generate some growth in net flows. "The main message from this report is that managers should pay close attention to the fees they charge on any new products unless they have a unique and useful offering. If not, fees should be ...

Federated Hermes to acquire majority interest in FCP

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... Hermes has agreed to acquire an 80% interest in Federal Capital Partners Fund Manager (FCP). The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2026, and will be the second private markets acquisition made by Federated Hermes since the beginning ...

CSC enters partnership with GPT with $860m sale

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... strategy to co-invest with our partners and leverage our operational capabilities to deliver strong returns." Financial close of the transaction is targeted for December 2025 and will be initially funded by GPT with available borrowing capacity.

Complaints still too high: AFCA annual review

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
... inappropriate advice, which was down 44%. Superannuation complaints were down 16% in FY25, with AFCA receiving 6164. Of these, close to 4000 related to super accounts, while most of the balance were in relation to group insurance. Delays in claims handling ...

Insignia Financial posts strong quarter

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
Insignia Financial delivered a strong first quarter for FY26, with funds under management and administration now exceeding $340 billion. Over the period, the business saw total net inflows of $1.0 billion, driven by $1.3 billion of net inflows into ...

Feature: Retirement | Rewarding risk

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... $900,000, but applying reverse returns gives one a balance just north of $800,000 at 85, while the other balance has dwindled close to zero. "There are a number of things you can do about it, and it's about diversification and having a 'bucketing ...

Feature: Group insurance | Cold comfort

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... health is the fastest-growing cause of claims, according to APRA. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare predicts close to half of all Australians will experience mental ill-health in their lifetime, with four in five worried their mental health ...

APAC insurers favour multi-alternatives strategies: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... 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, while smaller insurers show a stronger ...

Pinnacle acquires stake in Advantage Partners

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... world-class teams with unique platforms in highly attractive asset classes and geographies." The transaction is expected to close by January 2026. Taisuke Sasanuma and Richard L. Folsom, the co-founders of Advantage Partners, said: "Through our interaction ...

'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 ...