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Feature: Group insurance | Cold comfort

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
For much of the past year or so, there has been a great deal of focus on the superannuation industry and its processing of insurance claims, largely owing to immense delays at some of the largest institutions. Stories have emerged of the likes of AustralianSuper ...

APAC insurers favour multi-alternatives strategies: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... 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 preference for multi-alternatives. Within private markets ...

Pinnacle acquires stake in Advantage Partners

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
Pinnacle Investment Management will acquire a stake in Advantage Partners, a private equity investor from Japan, for $92 million. Pinnacle will own up to 13% of Advantage Partners over a three-year period. The first stage will acquire a 5% stake for ...

'We have entered a new economic era': CBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... 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 case in point. China and the US aren't negotiating a typical trade deal; they are flexing their economic ...

ASIC issues interim stop orders to TruePillars

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2025
ASIC has told private credit manager TruePillars to halt distribution of its product disclosure statements (PDSs) for two offerings. The interim orders prevent the fund from offering, issuing, selling or transferring interests in the Pooled Unit and ...

Acenda confirms leadership team

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2025
... function and customer care. He is currently Acenda's chief claims and transformation officer for almost two years. Further, current Resolution Life chief investment officer John Lucey will become the new group chief investment officer. He will be responsible ...

Public feedback welcomed for Life Code improvements

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2025
... all claimants are assessed appropriately. Some questions in relation to mental illness in the paper include: "Are the current commitments in the Code adequate to ensure that customers who experience mental ill-health are dealt with transparently and ...

ETF Shares flees Cboe for better 'connectivity'

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2025
... (ASX). ETF Shares said the move will broaden accessibility across trading platforms and investment channels. Under the current Australian exchange rules, ASX-listed ETFs automatically trade on Cboe, but it does not apply in reverse, ETF Shares said. ...

Brookfield fully acquires Oaktree

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2025
Brookfield Asset Management is now the owner of Oaktree Capital after scooping up the remaining 26% stake in the credit fund manager for US$3 billion. The two firms first partnered six years ago. Brookfield paid about $6.8 billion for the 62% stake. ...

Bravura appoints new chair, deputy chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2025
Bravura Solutions appointed a new chair and deputy chair at the end of its annual general meeting this week. Russell Baskerville has taken over as chair while Damien Leonard was named deputy chair. Based in Perth, Baskerville is the founder and managing ...