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HUB24 expands retirement options with TAL

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026
HUB24 has launched a lifetime super solution with life insurer TAL, available through HUB24 Super. The new offering meets the requirements of an Innovative Retirement Income Stream (IRIS) and provides access to concessional Centrelink treatment when ...

CFS plots 'largest' retirement product expansion with new alliance

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... to enhance retirement solutions. Developed with Challenger, Generation Life, and BlackRock, the partnerships transform product-led approaches to a "whole-of-life" retirement model for lifetime income solutions combining fixed, CPI and investment-linked ...

Buyer beware: Private credit as a defensive play

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... channels," he said. The private credit sector is facing unprecedented regulatory scrutiny in which regulator ASIC has put product providers on notice for opaque practices and transparency issues, particularly around fees. To help address this, Danieli ...

Lendlease names new investment management chief

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... chief investment officer in July 2024, with responsibility for capital allocation, as well as global capital raising and product development. She has more than 30 years' experience across institutional real estate, transactions and investment management ...

Russell Investments hires from BT

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... company after close to two decades. She became head of super in July 2025 after holding a variety of roles in strategy and product. Facer brings over 30 years' experience in superannuation, with previous roles including partner at Deloitte for over ...

ASIC furthers simplification with regulatory roadmaps

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
ASIC is furthering its simplification work, focusing on the development of sector-based regulatory roadmaps, improving ASIC registers through the RegistryConnect program, and expanding digital transactions. ASIC said for the next six months it will ...

Tokenisation could inject $24bn annually: Project Acacia

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
Project Acacia, the brainchild of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre (DFCRC) to explore a tokenised wholesale asset ecosystem in Australia, has completed its experimental and research phase, which has ...

Super funds get ahead of proposed minimum service standards: KPMG

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... Butler-Beatty said. "Funds will need to deepen retirement engagement, improve guidance and communication, and continue evolving product and servicing models to support members' transition from accumulation to income, while meeting higher expectations ...

ACCC approves Zurich's ClearView takeover

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has given Zurich Financial Services its blessing to acquire ClearView Wealth. Zurich Financial Services is offering 65 cents for each ClearView share to value the takeover at about $425 million. ...

InterPrac targets First Guardian victim, disputes AFCA ruling

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2026
... multiple errors and unsupported conclusion." InterPrac said there was no basis to recommend Kee switch from her Macquarie product to AusPrac and a reduction in fees is not sufficient to recommend a switch. It also did not agree with AFCA determining ...