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Jameson TTB, ANZ partner to deliver housing project

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2023
... set to commence this month and is expected to be completed in April 2024. Jameson is funding the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) project through its $100 million Jameson Special Situations Fund (JSSits). The fund invests in a diversified ...

Private equity still hot: State Street

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2023
... Q4 of last year, surveyed 480 institutional investors, including traditional asset managers, private equity managers, insurance companies and asset owners across North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. Making up 10% of the total sample ...

Netwealth rolls out platform enhancements

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2023
Netwealth has advanced its client account notification and task-tracking tool available on its platform. The upgrade and release of "Activities" will allow advisers and clients to track and respond to tasks, such as corporate actions and account notifications ...

Fintech predictions for 2023: Finura

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2023
... 14,000 registered investment advisers (RIAs) with $102 trillion in regulatory funds under management (FUM). These advisers direct 85% of all their assets to the top three custodians," Finura said. It questioned if Australia could sustain eight major ...

Summerhayes named Zurich chair

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2023
... entities. Nicolette Rubinsztein has also been appointed as an independent non-executive director of Zurich Australian Insurance Limited (ZAIL), in addition to her existing directorships of other Zurich corporate entities. The appointees will join existing ...

Spirit Super appoints chief risk officer

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2023
... product and will be responsible for the full product suite at Spirit. This includes the fund's retirement products, insurance offering and navigating products in response to regulation. Prior to Spirit, Terry held the role general manager, asset ...

MLC Life Insurance welcomes new non-executive director

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2023
MLC Life Insurance has appointed David Stephen as an independent non-executive director on its MLC Limited board. Stephen will also serve as chair of the board risk committee, replacing Andy Cornish who after seven years is retiring. With over 35 years ...

QIC appoints strategy, implementation lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2023
... liquid markets group. "While with LMG, he was directly responsible for one of Australia's largest, externally-managed insurance investment portfolios." The $59.9 billion state investor delivered $3.7 billion in investment returns in 2021-22.

Former Statewide Super executives charged

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2022
... this year, Statewide Super found itself in hot water for providing members with misleading information regarding their insurance and failing to report the issue to ASIC in the time required. The Federal Court imposed a $3.5 million penalty for the misleading ...

ASIC suspends, cancels AFSLs

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2022
... Complaints Authority (AFCA) determinations. According to ASIC, QFML also didn't have the required professional indemnity insurance coverage. "The licence suspension allows QFML to provide financial services that are reasonably necessary for, or incidental ...