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Challenger results a 'headline miss'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2026
... through an expansion of our Bermuda reinsurance platform," he said. "We have made strong progress in the first half of the year and are well-placed to capture the opportunities ahead as Australia's retirement income market enters a new phase of growth." ...

HESTA urges government to modernise Australian retirement system

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2026
... return to paid work. "If we don't act, by 2030 we could be talking about a missed opportunity worth up to $5 billion a year for Australian retirees and the economy," Blakey said. Separately, last week HESTA announced that Blakey will be leaving the ...

DWS appoints Australian real estate head, steps up living sector push

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2026
... management experience to the position and will be based in the Sydney headquarters. Taylor takes on the role following more than a year as fund manager at The Living Company, recently re-branded from Scape Australia. Prior to that he served as the director ...

First half steady, net inflows positive for Fiducian

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2026
... "boring, but with long-term sustainable growth trajectory." Funds under management, administration and advice (FUMAA) grew by 9% year on year to $15.6 billion. Funds under advice on its own was 7% higher at $5.33 billion from $4.96 billion. Fiducian's ...

ASIC cancels AFSL of Qld securities dealer

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2026
ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services licence (AFSL) of Pulse Markets, a wholly owned subsidiary of BIR Financial, for providing incompetent financial services, including inadequate supervision of its corporate authorised representatives ...

HNWs, retirees key battlegrounds for platforms: SuitabilityHub

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2026
... space. However, competition is building as Expand released the accumulation phase of its MLC Retirement Boost solution last year while a pension phase will launch this year. HUB24 and BT Panorama have both announced their own IRIS propositions for launch ...

Acenda enters retirement market with new solution

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2026
Acenda Life has launched a new guaranteed retirement income solution in response to the findings of a new research paper, which highlights areas where financial advisers can help build retirement confidence. The Lifestream Guaranteed Income strategy ...

AustralianSuper calls for reform in pre-Budget submission

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2026
AustralianSuper has made six reform requests to the government ahead of the Federal Budget, which is set to be delivered in May. AustralianSuper head of corporate affairs Steve McMillan said the pre-Budget submission "focuses on reforms that will enhance ...

FES Super to no longer supplement returns in default

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2026
... the reserve and smoothing returns "could lead to inequities where the members who contribute to the reserve in a windfall year may not obtain the benefits of smoothing in later years when there is a market shock." It added: "Reducing the investment return ...

Virgin Money Super increases administration fees

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2026
The changes are coming into effect on April 1 and will see a member with $50,000 charged $388 in total fees per year. From April 1, Virgin Money Super's asset-based administration fee will increase from 0.394% p.a. to 0.424% p.a. For a member with a ...