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AI moves into the advice process

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2026
... digital ecosystem. The platform is designed to give advisers a faster view of clients' financial positions, investments insurance, advice history and outstanding tasks. It can also assist advisers taking on acquired or inherited books by providing client ...

Super turns a safety-net retirement into a comfortable one: ASFA

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2026
... discretionary spending that makes life comfortable. "At the comfortable level, a couple can afford top-level private health insurance, eat out most weeks, take a domestic holiday each year and an overseas trip every few years. They can run a good car ...

WTW names head of corporate for Australia

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2026
... for more than a year. He brings a wide range of experience across the financial services industry, especially within insurance, across Australia and the US. Prior to WTW, he spent more than a decade in Chicago, Illinois, heading compliance, risk and ...

Australian life insurers lag global peers: Capgemini

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2026
... 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 survey of 6100 consumers worldwide, including 425 in Australia, life insurers are ...

Trust emerges as key drivers of super fund loyalty

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2026
... general enquiries have fallen from 34% to 28% based on members' contact reasons, while enquiries about contributions, insurance and consolidation have increased year on year. Members also reported high satisfaction across most enquiry categories, including ...

ASIC zeroes in on recurring compliance breaches

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2026
ASIC has warned financial advice licensees to address lapses in reference checking, professional indemnity insurance and superannuation advice practices in an update released this week. The regulator has recently released new guidance for professional ...

State Street appoints head of Asia Pacific

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2026
... launched its first Australian actively managed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in a partnership with Blackstone Credit and Insurance. The State Street Blackstone Senior Loan Active ETF (ASX: SBSL) and State Street Blackstone High Income Active ETF (ASX ...

Infocus continues leadership expansion with new appointment

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2026
... decades of experience in financial services across the UK and Australia. He began his career as an accountant at various insurance and financial institutions earlier in his career. He also stationed at MLC Insurance, Aviva, Mortgage Insurance in senior ...

Industry, economist blasts One Nation's super agenda

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2026
... and still struggling to get ahead. Interest rates keep rising. Rents keep climbing. Groceries, power bills, petrol and insurance are taking more and more out of the family budget," One Nation senator for Queensland Pauline Hanson said. "One Nation wants ...

Royal London AM hunts for next chief

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2026
... boards of Royal London Unit Managers and Royal London Unit Trust Managers while remaining on the Royal London Mutual Insurance Society board. Royal London group chief executive Barry O'Dwyer said Cazeaux will provide continuity and stability until a ...
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