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Green moves: Airtrunk, JPMorgan, T. Rowe Price

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... oversaw innovative solutions for clean water access, leveraging his background in alternative energy and sustainable practices. During his eight years there, he held various leadership roles across several regions, including US and Asia. Before that ...

Rest, NZ Super Fund top global rankings for best practices

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
Rest and the NZ Super Fund have bagged a perfect score in GlobalSWF's GSR scoreboard for governance, sustainability, and resilience. Established in 2020, the annual study examines all the publicly available information from the world's largest sovereign ...

Increased local, international demand drives practice valuations

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
The price multiples for financial planning practices have risen as much as 30% in the past 12 months, analysis shows. According to the annual Radar Results Price Guide, there has been a notable increase in price multiples for practices, rising between ...

ASIC launches fresh inquiry into ASX

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2025
... another inquiry into the ASX, this time focusing on its overall governance, capability, risk management frameworks and practices. The inquiry will be led by a panel that will make recommendations to address any identified shortcomings or deficiencies. ...

Regulators note advances in life insurers' practices

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
... The regulators said life companies need to strengthen their risk management and compliance assurance around re-rating practices, which it noted led them to revisiting past premium increases, and where premiums were increased without a clear right to ...

Capstone appoints former licensee head to new role

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
... continuing to enhance its adviser support services," O'Riley said. "... our adviser centric approach to partnering with practices as their licensee for the future has been a key factor in moving forward with the appointment of Marcus." O'Riley believes ...

Private credit market has lenders sweating

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
Stamford Capital's Debt Capital Markets survey has revealed that lenders are uneasy about the size and practices of Australia's private credit market. The survey gauged the sentiment of 100 major banks, non-banks, and second-tier banks. Stamford Capital ...

Stakeholders ask ASIC for tougher private markets regulation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
... willingness to engage with ASIC to tackle this and flagged an openness to implement more consistency in standards and practices. The regulator is currently undertaking a surveillance of private credit funds operating in wholesale and retail private markets ...

ASIC blasts managed funds' poor compliance plans

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
... governance failings. The 50 REs examined operate 45% of all registered funds and hold about $1 trillion in assets. "While practices varied across plans and across each plan's treatment of the three sets of obligations, inadequate treatment of the ...

Apostle Fund adds two staffers

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... he oversaw the fund's overall digital strategy, including ownership of marketing technology and digital marketing practices. "We are pleased to welcome Adam and Harrison to Apostle as we continue to advance our growth strategy and deepen our client ...