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Canadian pension giant sued over alleged climate failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
Four young Canadians are suing the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, claiming the fund breached its duty to invest in their interests by failing to protect their retirement savings from climate risk. The plaintiffs, Aliya Hirji, Travis Olson, Rav ...

Kenya to establish sovereign wealth fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
... appoint a chief executive who will be able to hold the role for a maximum of eight years. Kenya has had a severe public debt problem for some time, with its main creditors being the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. This was accrued on ...

Feature: Compliance | Passing the buck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... if you drop your guard on compliance," Gosselin says. "Then it's easier for products to slip through the net. The problem with the net is that there are a whole series of hurdles and conflicts with those hurdles that are required to get a product ...

Insurers design framework for dealing with mental health claims

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2025
... recently launched TPD Severity to offer more flexibility around TPD options. "TPD Severity is a modern solution to a modern problem, delivering customers more affordable premiums while still offering access to meaningful protection that gives Australians ...

Australian women most likely to retire early

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2025
A fifth of women globally are planning to leave the workforce before retirement age, with the problem most prevalent in Australia, according to new research from the British Standards Institution. The research found early departure was most prevalent ...

Explosive rise in claims drives new TPD solution for Acenda

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2025
... their customers through comprehensive education and resources," Kerr added. "TPD Severity is a modern solution to a modern problem, delivering customers more affordable premiums while still offering access to meaningful protection that gives Australians ...

APRA to hunt for new deputy chair

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2025
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) said a search is underway after APRA deputy chair Margaret Cole advised the Treasurer of her intention to step down at the end of her current term on 30 June 2026. Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the ...

FEATURE: Problem detected

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
While financial services organisations may be comfortable with taking risks, certainly when it comes to investing, there are other types of risks they're not so familiar with. It may be 2025, but we continue to consistently see examples of organisations ...

ASIC takes aim at super, private markets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025
... November, alongside a comprehensive public and private markets report and roadmap." Constant said ASIC does not have a problem with private markets in Australia but is conscious of potential issues that could arise. "Private markets, particularly private ...

FEATURE: Back in action

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2025
... - and specifically the use of margin loans - was a popular method of investing pre-Global Financial Crisis (GFC). The problem that arose was many investors were taking out margin loans and investing the money into only a handful - if that - of major ...