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Zurich snatches Suncorp claims specialist

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
Zurich Financial Services Australia has appointed a new head of claims excellence for Australia and New Zealand from Suncorp. Currently serving as head of complex natural hazard home claims at Suncorp, Morris Garsin will join in August to drive Zurich's ...

Aware Super recruits Marsh McLennan risk specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... identification and mitigation of risks and the rectification of issues," Aware Super said. Her career spans two decades in financial services, including eight years as group executive of risk and compliance at Hostplus before joining Marsh McLennan in ...

BlackRock hires Housing Australia treasury chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... Treasury as executive director of strategic balance sheet management, leading a 35-strong team overseeing the state's financial assets and liabilities while implementing sustainable finance initiatives across government operations. Her influence ...

Former TCorp exec sets up consultancy

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... rapidly evolving investment environment, characterised by deep structural changes in macroeconomic, geopolitical and financial market conditions," he said. "Against this backdrop, they increasingly realise that total portfolio thinking encourages a more ...

Quality over quantity: CareSuper on mergers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... a great job, and we want to respect that and do an equally great job for them when they come across to us," he told Financial Standard. "They are one of the old traditional funds, but the world is unfortunately moving very rapidly in this space, and ...

Greenwashing remains an enforcement priority: ASIC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
The country's financial services regulator unveils its 'capacity building' plans as sustainability reporting becomes a mandatory requirement for small to large Australian businesses - but it was its passing update on greenwashing as an enforcement ...

ASIC sues former director of crypto platform owing nearly $60m

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... transferred approximately $1.8 million worth of bitcoins from an investor into his personal wallet in 2019. In February 2024, Financial Standard reported other related directors, Samuel Xue Lee and Zijang (Ryan) Xu, had since left the country, leaving ...

Coalition names shadow treasurer, financial services minister

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... deputy leader and shadow treasurer, while Pat Conaghan will act as shadow assistant treasurer and shadow minister for financial services. Senator James Paterson will serve as shadow minister for finance. Senator Andrew Bragg, meanwhile, has become shadow ...

Large penalties against super funds are appropriate: ASIC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
ASIC commissioner Simone Constant told Financial Standard that many super fund trustees have taken accountability for not meeting their requirements to members, know they need to improve and accept the penalties that are brought against them. However ...

New SMSF trustees drive financial advice uptake

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2025
Trustees of newly established self-managed super funds (SMSFs) are behind a surge in the uptake of financial advice, according to a Vanguard/Investment Trends SMSF report. The report, while showing that adviser influence is growing in new SMSF set-ups ...