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MetLife refreshes two products

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024
MetLife introduced several changes to two products that are available through financial advisers. The changes that took effect on June 30 impact policyholders in MetLife Protect and MetLife Protect Super. MetLife Protect insures against death, trauma ...

Spaceship returns 19.41% to super members

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2024
Spaceship's superannuation offerings have delivered some of the best results seen so far, with its flagship product returning almost 20% while the other achieved close to 17%. The GrowthX investment option, first launched in January 2017, returned 19.41% ...

Advisers encouraged to embrace AI

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2024
The Investment Trends Adviser Technology Needs Report found financial advisers are showing a strong demand for better technology integration as they look to consolidate their tech stacks. Interestingly, the survey found the adoption of artificial intelligence ...

Stake to operate under its own AFSL

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2024
Stake currently provides financial services as an authorised representative of Sanlam Private Wealth and global payments giant Airwallex; both hold an AFSL. But soon, Stake will operate under its own AFSL, offering services as an authorised representative ...

ANZ, Blackstone launch HNWI fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2024
ANZ and global alternatives fund manager Blackstone have launched a multi-asset strategy for high-net-worth investors (HNWI). The Graphene Alternative Fund is an Australian unit trust and absolute-return strategy that is exclusive to ANZ Private clients. ...

Colonial First State reports strong super returns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024
Colonial First State (CFS) has posted double digit returns for its MySuper balanced and growth funds during FY24. CFS's FirstChoice Employer Super balanced fund (MySuper Lifestage 1965-69) achieved a 12.1% return, while its FirstChoice Employer Super ...

Brighter Super launches Retire Easy Pension

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2024
Brighter Super has introduced the Retire Easy Pension strategy, which involves dividing a member's retirement savings into three distinct buckets. Launching the product last month, Brighter Super said it marks the first stage of the fund's new ...

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank appoints new chief executive

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2024
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank has appointed Richard Fennell as chief executive and managing director, replacing Marnie Baker. Baker has been with the bank for 35 years, mostly in executive roles. She was chief executive and managing director for six years. ...

AIA Australia releases new member insurance portal

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024
AIA Australia has launched a new member insurance portal that enables group insurance customers to track their claims throughout the lifecycle. The portal promises real-time updates on claim statuses. It also offers features such as instant document ...

BlackRock acquires Preqin in $4.8bn deal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024
BlackRock has agreed to acquire Preqin for £2.55 billion or approximately US$3.2 billion ($4.8 billion) in cash. BlackRock said bringing together Preqin's data and research tools with Aladdin's complementary workflow capabilities in a unified platform ...