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Life insurance premiums edge lower

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
... the previous year - according to DEXX&R. The market research firm's latest Life Analysis report showed total new individual risk premiums dropped 18.5% over the year, falling to $1.11 billion. This includes policies covering death, total and permanent ...

Future Fund muscles past annual target return, lags in March quarter

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
... The mandate target return is CPI plus 4% to 5% per annum over the long term, with an "acceptable but not excessive level of risk." Future Fund chief executive Raphael Arndt said this was "a strong result" that reflected years of work to ensure the portfolio ...

Ellerston Capital awards distribution mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
... Ellerston Fixed Income Target Return Fund is run by Vimal Gor and blends traditional fixed income return sources with alternative risk premia to ensure a low correlation to growth assets. It primarily invests in Australian government, semi-government ...

Global economic uncertainty the main priority: Chalmers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
... direct impact from Trump's tariffs is "manageable and relatively modest" but acknowledged that there is a "huge downside risk" in the global economy. "I think what's happening, particularly between the US and China does cast a dark shadow over the ...

CFS allots Martin Currie two mandates

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2025
Colonial First State (CFS) has mandated Martin Currie to oversee two options in its multi-manager single-sector strategy. Martin Currie is now looking after the CFS Australian Share and CFS Geared Australian Share options, replacing Longreach CAI and ...

No US recession priced in yet: UniSuper

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2025
... borrowed money to buy the bonds had to quickly close out those positions, and so all at once, everyone's trying to reduce risk - they're selling bonds. "The reason why I raise these bond moves, though, is that it really seemed to spook the Trump ...

Coalition's super on PPL plan 'deeply worrying'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2025
... should sacrifice their future financial security to meet daily living costs, which would exacerbate women's retirement poverty risk. The super advocacy group said time out of the workforce is a key reason women are currently approaching retirement with ...

ART promotes high-profile retirement specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
... the International Actuarial Association, the CIMA Society of Australia and the International Advisory Board of the EDHEC-Risk Institute in France. Moreover, he has extensive experience as a pension and employee benefits consultant in South Africa, where ...

Vado Private announces senior hire

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
... opportunities in corporate debt. Zukerman will also develop and implement all investment strategies, oversee asset allocation and risk management, and be responsible for fund performance and reporting. This includes tracking fund performance against ...

AUSIEX to acquire FIIG Securities

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
... data of more than 18,000 clients stolen and released on the dark web. According to ASIC, FIIG failed to have adequate cyber risk management systems in place for a period of four years - from March 2019 to June 2023. Due to this failure, ASIC alleges ...