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State Street expands global custody footprint

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2025
... Japanese institutional investors, we look forward to meeting their needs not only in global custody but also data management, risk and performance analytics, currency management and securities finance," Kobayashi said. "We expect to provide a seamless ...

Outlook favourable for practice valuations: Guide

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2025
... co-located with the buyer's business - the most common transaction type - could sell for 2.5 to 3.2 times recurring revenues. A risk-only business may go for 2.5 to 3.0 times, it said. Meantime, a large financial planning business with revenues north ...

CSC-backed fund manager to launch in Netherlands

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2025
... shareholders including the Oxford Endowment Fund, managed by Oxford University Endowment Management. Osmosis seeks superior risk-adjusted returns while offering significantly reduced environmental footprints relative to benchmarks, has seen the firm's ...

Annuities' capital settings due for change: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2025
... Adequacy: Measurement of Capital. "This would lower life insurer capital requirements for annuity products, provided certain risk controls are in place," APRA said. At its July 2024 life insurance roundtable, participants pointed out that aspects of ...

Super moves: Qantas Super, VFMC, AusSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... reporting. In her new role, Gaskin will lead the asset management division's contribution to the newly legislated climate risk assessment and reporting per the Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards. The new standards came into effect in January ...

HESTA hunts for portfolio construction and risk specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
HESTA's general manager of portfolio construction and risk has exited the $93 billion super fund, underscoring the high number of senior turnovers in big super. The superannuation fund confirmed that Michael Sommers had exited and that it was looking ...

Global active equity managers suffer their worst year in decades

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... also found that quantitative managers stood out as a rare bright spot, benefiting from diversified portfolios and effective risk controls. In the Australian market, the strong performance of the big four banks similarly created challenges for active ...

ASIC turns up the heat on private markets

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025
... support one another, and both are critical to our economy, so it's important we approach this from both an opportunity and risk perspective. The critical point for ASIC is whether there is a need for interventions to address risk or adjustment to ...

Selfwealth to proceed with Svava proposal

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025
After much back and forth between bidders, Selfwealth has forged ahead with a deal with the highest bidder. Despite a recent call for its shareholders to consider Bell Financial Group's (BFG) previous offer, Selfwealth has ultimately decided to proceed ...

TAL taps ex-CBA deputy as chair

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025
... Cohen was CBA's group general counsel, group executive of human resources, group executive of corporate affairs, and chief risk officer. Before joining CBA, he was general counsel at AMP and a partner at law firm Allans. "I'm delighted to be joining ...