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VFMC chair to retire

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2023
... implemented by VFMC. VFMC has been extremely fortunate to have benefited from James' extensive commercial understanding and governance experience." Upon his retirement, Lisa Gay will take over as chair of the VFMC board in an acting capacity. She is ...

New product lead at Equip Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2023
... and delivery for Mercer Financial Services, leading the team responsible for strategy development, planning, project governance, and execution. Earlier he spent four years at AMP as head of advice and six years at AXA running platform operations. The ...

Credit Suisse fined $575m by regulators

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2023
US and UK regulators have imposed fines of $575 million (US$388 million) on the bank for risk management and governance failures related to the collapse of Archegos Capital Management. The US Federal Reserve has issued Credit Suisse a $394.84 million ...

UniSuper awards impact mandate, inks industrial deal

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2023
... manager of sustainable portfolios Jarrod McDonald said. "While UniSuper takes into account environmental, social and governance considerations into all investment decisions fund wide, many of our members are looking for options that go even further." ...

Super sector falling behind in cyber security: Podcast

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2023
... said. "Frankly, it doesn't stop at the third party, it extends to the fourth party as well, which complicates the governance and the management of controls." He said super funds hold a lot of sensitive member data, which can be used to exploit other ...

APRA toughens stress testing frequency, valuation stance

KARREN VERGARA, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2023
... testing amid the fracas over valuations in the property sector. In updating Prudential Practice Guide SPG 530 Investment Governance (SPG 530), APRA expects trustees to consider the benefits arising from more frequent stress testing beyond the annual ...

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 ...