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Super moves: HESTA, Nest, Resolution Life, NZ Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025  |  NEWS
... Madeleine Barrow has left Resolution Life Australasia for HESTA, following Resolution Life's merger with MLC Life Insurance to form Acenda. Barrow most recently worked as a portfolio manager overseeing parts of the insurer's $30 billion mandate ...

Principal rejoins Mercer team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025  |  NEWS
... recruited a former employee as a principal and senior actuarial consultant. In her new role, Christine Lu will focus on life insurance consulting as well as on defined benefit and defined contribution superannuation. Lu has 14 years of experience in ...

Top fund scoops up APRA's investment risk chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025  |  NEWS
... superannuation division. This team sits within the superannuation division and reviews investment governance across super and insurance funds, as well as advising on investment and risk practices with system-wide implications. According to the regulator ...

Jarden ramps up Australian equities team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025  |  NEWS
... across research and sales. Blake Dowsett has joined the investment manager as a director of equities, leading coverage of insurance and diversified financials. He brings more than 20 years of market experience. He was most recently head of research at ...

Major financial institutions back Australia climate finance reforms: ASFI

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... international engagement. The resolutions suggested in the ASFI report were supported by other significant players. The Insurance Council of Australia said it backs the taxonomy expansion in its submission, emphasising the need for clear, credible standards ...

Macquarie commits nearly $700m for US cycle gas turbine facility

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... the continued strategic expansion of our US infrastructure debt business as we continue to establish the credit and insurance division as a global leader in the essential asset-based credit market," Cherniak said. Meanwhile, managing director Matthew ...

Private credit start-up hires industry veteran as CIO

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... head of investment strategy (Pacific) at Mercer and senior manager of investment strategy implementation at TAL, the insurance giant. Kingsmen chief executive Chris Smith welcomed Casey to the firm as the inaugural investment chief "He brings very deep ...

APRA updates governance framework

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... interests and duties. APRA chair John Lonsdale said APRA remains committed to uplifting standards of governance in banking, insurance and superannuation. "Effective governance is fundamental to financial stability and sound risk management. Across our ...

Boards face limitations in managing climate risks

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... versus how a stakeholder would when conducting disclosure reporting, he said. When it comes to addressing climate risks, "insurance is only one form of risk transfer, the other two being sovereign and the third being corporates or households," he said. ...

iExtend hires national BDM

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... with financial advisers to enhance the client experience and ensure policy owners understand their options when life insurance is at risk of lapsing or cancellation. Sutjipto will provide direct engagement, training and strategic support, equipping advisers ...