Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 1001 - 1010 of 19569 results for "RIS"

Super moves: TCorp, Mercer, Commonwealth

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
After nine years with Commonwealth Superannuation, Rob Firth has decided to step down as chief risk officer. "I am really proud of the team I have led and the impact they have had,' conceding he leaves with "mixed emotions". "We have built a leading ...

Rest Super loses investment risk lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
Rob Leck has just finished up as the head of investment risk at Rest Super and is looking for a new home within the pension sector. For around half of his four years at the superannuation fund, Leck worked as a senior investment manager. He has spent ...

Platinum executives depart amid merger talks

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
Three executives at Platinum Asset Management have departed as the asset manager finalises its merger with L1 Capital. Platinum's head of investment Douglas Isles and head of institutional distribution Charlie Brooks have both exited the business ...

Praemium scores mandate, sees FUA rise $6bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
Praemium's administration solution Scope+ has been selected by Bell Financial Group to administer more than 2200 client portfolios. The partnership will see Praemium's funds under administration (FUA) grow by $6 billion to around $68 billion ...

Northern Trust selected to test tokenised asset uses

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
Project Acacia - first announced by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and Treasury back in September 2024 - will now include industry participants to explore how digital currencies and existing settlement infrastructure might support the development ...

Instos turn to risk as volatility lessens: State Street

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
Institutional investors are aggressively buying into risk as stocks are reaching new highs, likely spurred by falling market volatility as Australia sees surges in local investments, new data from State Streeet finds. The State Street Risk Appetite ...

ASIC bans advisers for dodgy Shield Master Fund advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2025
Two former MWL Financial Services financial advisers who invested clients' superannuation in the Shield Master Fund have copped bans from the regulator. Matthew Simon Bradley has ceased working in financial services for eight years after ASIC found ...

Coller Capital closes $10bn private credit strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2025
The private market secondaries manager announced the final closing of Coller Credit Opportunities II (CCO II), bringing in a total US$6.8 billion ($10bn) for the strategy that's focused on direct lending and high performing credit investments. CCO II ...

RBA delivers 'confounding' rates decision

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2025
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept interest rates on hold at 3.85% at the July meeting, surprising many experts and the markets which were anticipating another cut. The RBA board confirmed that inflation has continued to moderate but ultimately ...

Trade war could have positive impact on Aussie GDP: PC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2025
New modelling from the Productivity Commission (PC) in its annual Trade and Assistance Review (TAR) shows that proposed US trade policy measures will have a marginal direct impact on the Australian economy, but the risks and uncertainty they bring may ...