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Barings brings first Australian private credit fund to life

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2024
... developed APAC region, including Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and Hong Kong. This is because these economies share similar risk and return profiles, and regulations and bankruptcy laws are comparable to other developed nations. Sovereign credit ...

Commonwealth Bank finally relents on interest rate call

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2024
... remains our view," Bloxham said. "We see rate cuts as not likely until well into 2025 (our central case is Q2 2025), and some risk that it could take longer or that the RBA may miss the cutting phase altogether."

Gap exists between licensees' AI use and governance processes: ASIC

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2024
... inaugural report on use of artificial intelligence by licensees found instances of artificial intelligence (AI) use that was at risk of being at odds with their regulatory obligations. ASIC reviewed more than 600 AI use cases across 23 licensees as at ...

Advisers must prioritise Conflicts Priority Rule: AFCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2024
... advisers consistently pushed products to clients as "defensive" when in reality they were a "growth product and have a lot of risk attached to them" and too risky for their circumstances. "What we're really seeing are issues where clients just haven't ...

MLC AM awards listed property mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2024
... Capital's 45% share has been reduced to 40%. MLC told investors: "We believe these changes will provide a more efficient risk and return outcome, with a greater probability of achieving portfolio objectives over a full market cycle." "The changes ...

AMP hires growth lead for super, investments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2024
... Advance, she spent close to four years as national manager. Her appointment follows that of Cloe Reece as general manager, risk, compliance, and policy last month. She joined from ClearView where she had served two years as its chief risk officer. AMP ...

Major global trends impacting advisers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2024
High interest rates (70%), economic downturn and inflation risks (both 68.8%), and the impact of central bank policy (61.3%) usurped any concerns about this year's election cycle for Australian financial advisers and investors, according to this year's ...

ClearView announces executive changes

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2024
... executive appointments, choosing to hire from within the company. ClearView welcomed Judilyn Beaumont to the role of chief risk officer while continuing her role as general counsel. Beaumont joined the company in 2019 from Suncorp Group as general counsel ...

APRA questioned on super performance test

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2024
APRA has been questioned by the House of Representatives around how it monitors superannuation fund performance and whether there should be more focus on fees over returns. Independent MP Allegra Spender questioned APRA deputy chair Margaret Cole on ...

BlackRock lowers fees on two funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2024
... managed by BlackRock's Systematic investment team. "As an actively managed fund we regularly review the nature and level of risk taken in the portfolio and make changes from time to time," it said. "Based on current market conditions we have a primary ...