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CalSTRS investment chief announces retirement

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2024
... global leader and viewed as one of the top chief investment officers in the world," said Teachers' Retirement Board chair Harry Keiley. "I'm eternally grateful to Christopher for all that he has given to CalSTRS and am confident the Investments ...

Blackstone appoints co-chief investment officers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2024
... for our customers, considerable institutional knowledge, and exceptional investment acumen to these new roles," Blackstone chair and chief executive Steve Schwarzman said. As a result of Caplan's promotion, head of real estate, Americas Nadeem Meghji ...

Stake names new chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2024
... ensuring that Stake remains a founder-inspired business for decades to come," he said. Last year, Geoff Lloyd joined Stake as chair, leaving MLC as chief executive following Insignia Financials' takeover. The platform has some $2.9 billion in assets ...

Centrepoint Alliance chair resigns after four months

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2024
Simon Swanson has resigned as chair of Centrepoint Alliance (Centrepoint) just four months on from his appointment. Swanson's departure as chair is effective immediately, while his departure as a board director takes effect at the end of the month. ...

Bitcoin ETFs given green light by US regulator

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2024
... kingmakers of the ETF market" to purchase them, opening up the cryptocurrency market to a key segment. Nevertheless, SEC chair Gary Gensler emphasised that the approval of Bitcoin ETFs shouldn't be viewed as an endorsement of other crypto assets ...

SG Hiscock plucks new investment chief from UniSuper

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2024
... equities, and fixed interest and asset allocation. In joining, he succeeds Stephen Hiscock who also serves as executive chair of the group. Hiscock said the appointment allows him to focus on his role of executive chair, actively identifying and pursuing ...

Court fines Linchpin, Endeavour directors

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2024
... $175,000 together with other costs associated with the contested hearings. Commenting on the latest decision, ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court said: "ASIC took this case because we believed reasonable steps were not being taken by the directors to comply ...

ASIC extends intervention orders against predatory lenders

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2024
... been effective in reducing the risk of significant harm resulting from these types of products, ASIC added. ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court said that extending these product intervention orders ensures continued protection in the market against these high-cost ...

Zurich cleared by Federal Court in life insurance dispute

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2024
... ASIC's claims in a decisive ruling on 21 December 2023, exonerating Zurich of the alleged breaches. Post-verdict, ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court remarked that the regulator pursued the case to clarify the steps that an insurer must reasonably take before ...

First Nations Groups launch scholarship for Indigenous women in financial services

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 DEC 2023
... girls in under-represented areas including economics, finance, business, and community governance. First Australians Capital chair Leah Armstrong said she is proud to be a patron of the new scholarship and work toward boosting the number of Indigenous ...