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QTC names new chief executive

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
The Queensland government's central financing authority welcomed a former TCorp treasury lead as its new boss. Queensland Treasury Corporation has appointed Simon Ling, an executive with nearly three decades of experience in investment banking ...

UK watchdog to open Australian office

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
... she was a principal advisor for Treasury's Financial System Inquiry, after which she made the leap to the UK to join the Central Bank of Ireland's policy and risk team. Her appointment is part of the UK government's broader strategy to present the UK ...

Future Group confirms more mergers ahead, undertakes review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
Future Group is growing again, taking on the Zurich Master Superannuation Plan and a small MLC product. The Zurich Master Superannuation Plan will be merged into the Smart Future Trust alongside the MLC Insurance Only product that currently sits inside ...

Bullock hushes rate cut expectations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2025
... decide yet. Bullock noted the extreme market volatility because of US President Donald Trump's tariffs and said the central bank is watching the situation closely. "Inevitably, there will be a period of uncertainty and adjustment as countries respond ...

RBA flags concerns over 'geopolitical uncertainties'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
... interest rates unchanged at 4.1% at the April meeting - coming as little surprise to markets and economists. However, the central bank flagged ongoing uncertainty amid fears US tariffs could impact global growth. "Uncertainty about the outlook abroad ...

RBA and ASIC slam the ASX: 'Deeply disappointed'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025
... regulators need to take these actions today. But they are necessary. ASX operates critical infrastructure that plays a central role in the financial system," RBA governor Michele Bullock said. "ASX's management of operational risk has been a concern ...

Splintered globalisation a boon for AI, metals, EVs: PGIM

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025
... consider how the tensions could ripple across their investment portfolios and potentially create new risks and opportunities. Central to the tension is ongoing tussle between globalisation and nationalism. The report, A new era of globalisation, shows ...

Super fund consolidation to accelerate: Mercer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... funds. "... we expect to see a continued trend towards internalising functions that touch the member experience or are central to the fund's value proposition. For other outsourced functions, we expect funds to increasingly focus on the overall member ...

RBA forecasting has been 'terrible': Yarra Capital Management

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... the RBA should have lowered the interest rate as early as August last year. Despite a later rate cut comparing to most central banks around the world, Australia is positioned "bang in the middle" amongst other developed countries in reaching its inflation ...

AustralianSuper sued over death benefit delays

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
... timely remediation to claimants adversely affected by the backlog." The regulator found AustralianSuper did not maintain a central repository of claims data and documentation on a member basis, and could not provide the data required to assess delay ...