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UniSuper selects new group insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2024
After more than a decade in business, UniSuper has dropped TAL as its group insurer. The $135 billion superannuation fund has called time on its relationship with TAL, which began in November 2013. Effective June 1, MetLife will serve as group insurer ...

Vale Wayne McGauley

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2024
The financial services industry has paid tribute to Wayne McGauley who passed away over the weekend. Most recently the head of distribution at Wheelhouse Partners, McGauley had a long and successful career in the financial services industry spanning ...

Apostle Funds Management welcomes new head of wholesale

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2024
Apostle Funds Management announced the appointment of Stuart James to the newly created role of head of wholesale, effective immediately. James will support head of global distribution Kimon Kouryialas in the delivery of Apostle's investment solutions. ...

ASFA appoints new policy head

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2024
... Australians who rely on our members for good retirement outcomes," Delahunty said. "James comes to super with more than a decade of public policy experience, having held leading roles in the legislative agenda of federal and territory governments. Most ...

Job flexibility, labour market delay retirement age

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
Job flexibility and a tight labour market are keeping more Australians at work, research from KPMG finds, giving rise to a delay in their retirement. The analysis found that men are retiring at 66.2 years old, from 63.3 years old two decades ago, while ...

IMF flags concerns over 'risky' private credit market

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2024
The International Monetary Find (IMF) has raised concerns over the growing private credit market, which topped US$2.1 trillion in assets and committed capital globally last year. The private credit market, which specialises in non-bank financial institutions ...

Corporate super fund to be terminated

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
... members and $59.86 million in assets. Between 2019 and 2021, it didn't add a single member. Its greatest member growth in the decade was recorded in 2021/22 when it added 11 members, likely on the back of the previous year's 23.2% return. According to ...

Australian housing crisis escalates as affordability worsens

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
Rising interest rates and weak disposable income growth have caused housing affordability to drop to its lowest point in decades, according to Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) senior economists. The economists pointed out that Australian Bureau ...

Nest appoints interim chief executive

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2024
... Skipton Building Society - a mutual owned by its members. He was previously Skipton's commercial and strategy director for a decade. He will take over from Dean, who announced last year that she would be stepping down as chief executive of Nest at the ...

Macquarie executive to become chief product officer at BT

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 APR 2024
BT has appointed a longstanding Macquarie executive as its next chief product officer, replacing Kathy Vincent. Annabelle Kline will take over as BT's chief product officer in May. She will be responsible for leading the platforms business, comprising ...