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Major UK pension reforms passed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2026
... greater diversification of investments and provide a more cost-effective option to pension savers. Local Government Pension Scheme assets would also be pooled and managed by select managers to increase investment in infrastructure, housing and clean ...

Evolution Trustees names chief executive

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2026
Ben Norman will stay on as chief executive for Evolution Trustees after serving on an interim basis. He served as chief operating officer at Evolution Trustees for more than eight years and was appointed the interim chief executive following the passing ...

Insignia Financial delists from ASX

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2026
... at $3.3 billion. Insignia chair Allan Griffiths said he was pleased with the strong level of shareholder support for the Scheme of Arrangement. "The board's focus throughout this process has been to ensure shareholders had the information they needed ...

Government aims to 're-make' NDIS, redirect funding to aged care

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2026
... ageing Mark Butler said he will soon introduce a bill to ensure the sustainability of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), seeing about 160,000 recipients' entitlements scrapped. Butler lamented that although the NDIS is "one of Australia's ...

Government, super funds to increase UK collaborations

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2026
... Retirement Trust, Aware Super, Cbus, HESTA, Rest, and the Super Members Council. NEST, the UK's largest workplace pension scheme and a shareholder in IFM Investors, is also part of the delegation. Collaboration overseas strengthens outcomes at home ...

HESTA taps ESSSuper head as next chief executive

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2026
... "As a leader attracted to purpose driven roles, the chance to support ESSSuper's members to make the most of their unique scheme and enjoy the best retirement possible, after a lifetime of service to the Victorian community, has been meaningful and rewarding." ...

Insignia Financial shareholders approve takeover

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2026
... majority of 98.65%. Insignia chair Allan Griffiths said he is pleased with the strong level of shareholder support for the Scheme of Arrangement. "The board's focus throughout this process has been to ensure shareholders had the information they needed ...

UK's Nest to invest $860m in private companies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2026
The UK's largest pension scheme by members has selected a manager to oversee a significant new open-ended mandate. Crescent Capital Group will manage a direct lending mandate for Nest to the tune of $858.5 million (£450m). The money is to be deployed ...

ASIC acts against another former FSGA adviser

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2026
An adviser that ASIC said was experienced enough to know better than to advise clients to invest in Shield and First Guardian has been banned for five years. Shane Monte Silva failed to act in certain clients' best interests when he told them to switch ...

Former Venture Egg adviser permanently banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2026
A financial adviser who allowed others to provide Statements of Advice (SOAs) in his name and was actively involved in the dodgy referral processes that led to significant client losses due to the Shield and First Guardian collapses is now banned. Aristotle ...