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Federated Hermes to acquire majority interest in FCP

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... opportunities." "FCP brings a long-term record of real estate investment performance, which has been driven by a focus on risk-adjusted returns, extensive local and regional market knowledge and deep community relationships. "An additional attraction ...

FEATURE: Fund admin | Tight Ship

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... uplifts and efficiencies in their processes and systems. As a result, we do believe that this has created significant systemic risk across the industry," he says. Super fund members are notoriously disengaged with a complex system that is difficult to ...

Super moves: AusSuper, Aware, MLC, JANA, VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
... consultants, super funds and investment managers all announcing new hires and promotions. AustralianSuper confirmed that head of mid-risk portfolios Jason Peasley has left after almost 15 years with the country's biggest pension fund. Peasley, a ...

ASIC bans adviser attached to UGC, MWL

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
... invest most of their superannuation into the High Growth class or the Growth class of the Shield Master Fund which were high risk investments or the Balanced class which was a medium-high risk investment. Shield also had a limited trading history. ASIC ...

Feature: Retirement | Rewarding risk

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... to access even a part payment of the government pension." Hillier's optimism is reflected in the name of North's risk management retirement framework: SMILE. It is an acronym for the five leading retirement risks which rise and fall "to and through ...

Feature: Group insurance | Cold comfort

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... suicide, typically within the first 12-24 months of the policy; death due to criminal activity; death resulting from high-risk activities; and fraudulent claims," Sullivan explains. "The cause of death plays a significant role in determining whether ...

APAC insurers favour multi-alternatives strategies: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... concentrated in credit strategies, with a preference for floating-rate assets, which can limit exposure to interest rate duration risk. "We expect private credit to remain a growing component of our allocation in the coming years," Tricot said. "Given ...

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

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... officer and Maria Fink was appointed as head of business management for life protection. Park was previously the regional chief risk officer at Allianz Asia Pacific and based in Singapore. Fink was in finance roles at Capricorn Society and QBE Insurance ...

WAM takes over PIA board, vows to lift underperformance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... do not want the LIC's investment strategy opening to a Pengana private credit feeder fund and entering an "ancillary risk sharing agreement with Pengana Capital Group (PCG)," which is the investment manager of PIA. In August, PCG proposed overhauling ...

Listed asset managers trail ASX 200 in 2025: Morningstar

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... an anticipated acquisition by an external suitor. The report highlighted the need for active managers to differentiate or risk replicability by passive vehicles. "Firms specialising in less commoditised segments - such as private credit or specialised ...