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Chalmers opens economic reform consultation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025
... said. "This initial group includes leading voices from business, unions, the community sector and our key economic institutions. "This is a representative group that we're asking to provide ideas and build and advance consensus around them." Those invited ...

Super funds, banks say cybersecurity is now their biggest concern

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2025
... has emerged as the topmost concern in financial services. The survey, which gathered responses from 262 financial institutions, revealed that the threat of cyber security was listed as a critical or high risk among 91% of respondents. Following that ...

Hollywood actors lobby pension fund to dump fossil fuels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
... private pension funds the world over have committed to divestment, just 0.2% of current commitments are from cultural institutions. This includes from the Australian Academy of Science. There are currently about 65,000 members in the SAG-AFTRA fund ...

Life insurer chief executives step down, successor named

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
... executive, consumer and business banking for three years at Westpac. He also held executive titles across various institutions including Standard Charted Bank, Zafin, Deem Finance, and more. Commenting, incoming chair Craig Dunn welcomed de Bruin while ...

SMC backs principles-based approach to corporate governance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... relentlessly focus on delivering for their members," it said. SMC also supported APRA's proposal for significant financial institutions (SFIs) to conduct independent third-party performance assessments every three years, covering boards, committees ...

Royal London Asset Management plants flag in Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2025
... asset manager also pointed to the relevance of its heritage as a retirement and investment mutual for Australian institutions. "Kevin brings exactly the right mix of experience, relationships and entrepreneurial energy to lead our growth in Australia," ...

LGT Crestone, AUSIEX acquisitions finalised

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... other cash solutions. AUSIEX chief executive Patrick Salis said with this transaction, AUSIEX will "provide local institutions, financial advisers, family offices, SMSF and high-net-worth and wholesale investors with one of the most comprehensive investments ...

UK treasury provides guidance on local pension consolidation

MATT TOLEDO  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
... Industry reactions "The [Society of Pension Professionals] very much supports the government's desire for British institutions to back British businesses-wherever it is in the interests of savers to do so and without underestimating the practical ...

UniSuper lifts fund manager investment to $100m

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... funding for early-stage research startups, supporting the commercialisation of technologies developed by local research institutions. Over time, its partnerships have grown to include seven additional universities, along with the Commonwealth Scientific ...

Size of super impacting capital markets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... market have the opportunity to participate, because small companies aren't typically funded by big end of town institutions. They're funded by high net worth, retail and private monies first and then evolve into that space. So that's where ...