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S64, Ardian partner to launch new fund

ELIZA BAVIN | MONDAY, 23 MAR 2026

S64 and Ardian have partnered to launch the S64 Ardian Access Infrastructure Fund, an evergreen Australian unit trust. The collaboration will give Australia's wealth management industry access to Ardian's infrastructure strategies through the S64 platform. ...

Life insurer sanctioned for invalid access to customer information

MATTHEW WAI | TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2026

The Life Insurance Code Compliance Committee (Life CCC) has sanctioned a life insurer for collecting customers' medical information without valid medical authority for four years. According to the committee, the unnamed insurer collected medical information ...

Ontario Teachers' sells majority stake in Sydney desalination plant

ANGELIQUE MINAS | TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2025

Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP) has sold its 60% stake in the Sydney Desalination Plant (SDP) to Utilities Trust of Australia (UTA). The asset has been co-owned by the two firms since 2012, with UTA previously owning 40% of SDP and acquiring ...

Barings appoints new head of APAC

RIDDHIMA TALWANI | WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2025

Barings has appointed Alastair Wright as head of Asia Pacific (APAC), to start in the role in January 2026. Wright succeeds Duncan Robertson, who will retire after 17 years with the global asset manager. Wright has been with Barings for 20 years, most ...

Super Moves: ANZ Staff, Aware, Equip, ART, VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY | THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2025

ANZ Staff Superannuation Scheme has appointed William Leong as head of investments, filling the vacancy left by Ruwanie Dias, who took up a role as global head of externally managed funds at QBE Insurance. Leong joins the $7 billion corporate fund from ...

Insurers' approaches reinforcing mental health stigma: Life CCC

MATTHEW WAI | TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025

The Life Insurance Code Compliance Committee (Life CCC) has found many insurers are still using blanket mental health exclusions despite being required to assess customers' individual circumstances. Releasing its report on life insurers' compliance ...

FEATURE: Hyped up

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025

Financial services firms stand at a pivotal juncture. Those in one camp, with their heads buried in the sand, can no longer ignore the fact that artificial intelligence (AI), particularly its sidekick generative AI (GenAI), is everywhere. The other ...

Aware Super expands European footprint

MATTHEW WAI | WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2025

Aware Super has announced it has acquired APG's stake in apartment-hotel owner and operator The July. Having already acquired a stake of the business in July 2020, it is now the majority shareholder. The announcement is a part of the super fund's ...

Life insurers keep breaking their own rules: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN | TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025

Breaches of the Life Insurance Code of Practice (the Code) increased for a fourth consecutive year, with life insurers reporting 14,670 instances of non-compliance, a 19% increase from the previous period. The Code, the industry's north star for good ...

Resolution Capital to list second active ETF

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025

Resolution Capital will add another active ETF to its product lineup next week. The Resolution Capital Global Listed Infrastructure Fund - Active ETF (RIIF) will launch on the ASX on Tuesday, March 25. The new offering provides direct listed access ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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