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ART leads retirement product race, others wrestle with covenant

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2026
... roughly 50% higher than the minimum drawdown rate, while the income lasts for life regardless of how long they live. If the member dies, the capital is returned to the estate. The account-based pension, or "complex product" involves members deciding ...

WTW names head of corporate for Australia

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2026
... commercial at UGL and risk services manager at Deloitte Australia. WTW head of Pacific James Baum noted Sare has been a key member of the team since he joined the company in July 2025. "Will brings extensive industry experience, strong leadership capability ...

JOHCM taps Northern Trust for outsourced trading

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2026
Perpetual's J O Hambro Capital Management (JOHCM) has appointed Northern Trust as its sole outsourced trading provider, extending the investment manager's access to global markets, liquidity and broker networks. The appointment will support trading ...

SMSFs lure $14bn from retail, industry super funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2026
... top 10. On average, members undertook 1.5 rollovers into their SMSF, with a total rollover value of about $267,000 per member. Conversely, when it comes to moving out of SMSFs retail funds accounted for 66.7% or $3.8 billion of outflows. Industry funds ...

First Super appoints new chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2026
First Super has appointed a new chief executive who was part of LUCRF Super's leadership team for 18 years. Tim Kennedy will commence in the new role on October 5. He recently served as the national secretary of the United Workers Union (UWU), which ...

Australian life insurers lag global peers: Capgemini

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2026
A new survey from Capgemini found that Australian life insurers are stowed behind the global average when it comes to member engagement and educational efforts. According to Capgemini's The World Life Insurance Report 2027, which is based on a global ...

FEATURE | Digital advice | Interlocking the pieces

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2026
... expand its offering progressively. "Because MUFG powers around 40% of Australia's retirement accounts. If you're a member of a super fund that MUFG administers, the data needed to make guidance genuinely personal already exists. It's just ...

GQG outflows worsen, ousted from ASX200

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2026
GQG Partners' continued slump in performance continues as net outflows for funds under management (FUM) stood at US$4.3 billion in August alone, and worse, the firm has been bumped out of the ASX200 index. Investment performance during the month ...

APRA simplifies retirement data collection by trustees

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2026
... APRA's role is to collect and publish the data every year from 2027 to produce and deliver insights on fund offerings and member outcomes and to help track progress with retirement phase uplift. Most stakeholders encouraged APRA to consider whether ...

Macquarie-led consortium acquires SI Solutions

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2026
Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) has agreed to acquire a majority stake in structural integrity engineering firm SI Solutions from private equity firm MidOcean Partners, alongside co-investors that include UniSuper. The transaction, which is expected ...