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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 ...

Fidante partner hires from WTW

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... recently as head of liquid diversifying research, responsible for research and allocations in hedge fund, alternative beta, insurance-linked and multi-asset strategies. She was also a member of several investment committees overseeing institutional client ...

Prime Super recruits product veteran

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... asset owner as head of product bringing more than 20 years' experience across superannuation, retirement and group insurance. Throughout her career, she held senior leadership roles at Active Super, AMP, Aon Hewitt and Finance Connect Financial Planning. ...

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

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
... 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 Frontier Advisors, where he spent over 22 years, most recently as principal ...

Climate finance groups call for stronger regulations

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
... solutions. Despite the letter finding inspiration in Carney's speech, Lloyd's of London has announced it will not discourage insurance coverage for new coal and fossil fuel projects. Closer to home, Australian Super, has reinvested in coal. It is the ...

Green moves: Leaders for IMPACT, VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
... like I've truly found the right place to do that." For its part, EXPHYS noted Fox's two decades of experience in the insurance industry, along with a background in oncology nursing and occupational rehabilitation, saying she has made "significant contributions" ...

Asset owners prioritise climate action in investment strategies: Survey

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
... owners. Respondents ranged from family offices (28%), outsourced chief investment officers and multi-managers (22%), insurance general accounts (16%), and pension funds (16%). Collectively participants represented US$34 billion assets under management. ...