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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 ...

Operational risk reserve targets trimmed for larger funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2024
Following consultation, APRA has lowered the minimum operational risk financial requirement (ORFR) target amounts for larger superannuation funds. At present, all superannuation funds are expected to keep a minimum of 0.25% of funds under management ...

Medium-sized advice firms flourish: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2024
... 210, JBWere with 163, and Shaw & Partners with 127. Morgans Financial also has the highest number of advisers who provide risk advice at 182. The largest managed discretionary account (MDA) services advice businesses based on adviser headcount are Shaw ...

HMC Capital makes $2bn acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2024
... will enable HMC to take advantage of high-quality acquisition opportunities across the value chain to generate attractive risk adjusted returns. "We have a number of additional exciting and complementary acquisition opportunities under advanced exclusive ...

Down but not out: Busting defined benefit myths

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
... are large public sector funds and remain "very significant" in Australia. One myth, Edibam said, is that when DB funds de-risk, they merely shift the financial burden onto insurance companies, offloading their responsibilities without addressing the ...

Australian Ethical awards front office mandate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
... will use Charles River's Investment Management Solution, which manages more than US$59 trillion in assets, for portfolio and risk management, trading, compliance, performance measurement and attribution, its investment book of record, and transaction ...

Citi Australia snags J.P. Morgan executive

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
Citi Australia has appointed Elizabeth McAlpine as chief risk officer and head of corporate credit risk. McAlpine has over two decades of experience in risk management and corporate banking. She enjoyed a 20-year stint at J.P. Morgan, where she was ...

Australian equities rise, but global markets preferred: Morningstar

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2024
... helps reduce the sensitivity to interest rate rises especially relative to long-dated bonds, which is still an important risk to manage," Morningstar said. "Second, cash should help buffer from any future volatility resulting from a fall in equity markets. ...