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NGS Super expands leadership

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2023
... expanded her leadership team by promoting three more executives to run strategy, investment operations and legal and governance. The promotions follow last week's appointments which saw chief strategy officer Ben Facer promoted to deputy chief executive ...

Regulators begin FAR consultation

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023
... the FAR will replace the Banking Executive Accountability Regime (BEAR) and it is designed to improve the risk and governance cultures of all APRA-regulated entities by imposing a strengthened responsibility and accountability framework for those financial ...

ASIC to host CHESS replacement roundtable

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2023
... ASIC's initiative follows longstanding industry concerns over the adequacy of ASX's stakeholder engagement and governance, including concern with the ASX's management of intragroup conflicts of interest. "ASX's effective engagement with ...

Does ESG have a fiduciary issue?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2023
... and corporate responsibility Jaclyn Bouchard argued that if BlackRock stops using the term, environmental, social and governance will become more integrated in the "fabric" of investments - instead of something separate. At its May AGM, BlackRock shareholders ...

US regulators launch investigation into OpenAI

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2023
... forward. At the time, Minister for Industry Science Ed Husic said it was appropriate to consider whether regulatory and governance mechanisms in place were fit for purpose when it came to artificial intelligence. "Using artificial intelligence safely ...

Family offices increasingly involved in succession planning

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2023
... generation is 'less involved' in developing and reviewing investment strategies," Ocorian said. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations are another area of interest for the next generation, with 75% of repondents seeing an increase ...

Equity Trustees takes on new RE mandate

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2023
... forward to working closely with them across both credit and equity markets." "Our expertise and long history in funds governance allows us to work diligently with fund management firms, offering a tailored and experienced approach to credit and equity ...

Praemium hires governance, risk chief

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2023
Praemium now has a fully stocked executive team, with the appointment of a chief governance and risk officer completing chief executive Anthony Wamsteker's refresh. Rachel Axton will join Praemium later this month as chief governance and risk officer. ...

AZ NGA welcomes head of M&A

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2023
... to expand our capacity and capability," said AZ NGA chief executive Paul Barrett. Onat is a specialist in corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, AZ NGA said. In her new role she will support the business and underlying AZ NGA firms to identify ...

Asset managers dismiss liquidity risks: FCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2023
... many authorised funds dismiss their liquidity management obligations by way of poor stress testing and inappropriate governance frameworks. An authorised fund can be structured as an authorised unit trust, open-ended investment company, or authorised ...