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AI poses potential challenge to financial stability: Gensler

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2024
... completely inaccurate information. "We've seen in our economy how one or a small number of tech platforms can come to dominate a field. There's one leading search engine, one leading retail platform, and three leading cloud providers," Gensler said. ...

AIA adds to C-suite lineup

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2024
Susan Turner will become the new chief financial officer of life insurer AIA, while Anna Livingston has been named chief people and culture officer. Turner boasts over 20 years of experience in senior finance leadership roles, most recently serving ...

Australian Ethical, Infradebt to launch infrastructure debt fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024
... risk-adjusted returns and contribute towards meeting these targets. "This partnership with Infradebt, also a leader in its field, allows us to bolster our investment capabilities by bringing in-depth expertise across new asset classes." Theau noted that ...

Industry leaders celebrate Australia Day honours

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024
... and Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM). Among the AM recipients, which recognises services for a particular locality, field of activity, or group, is Pitcher Partners partner and investment adviser Sue Dahn. Dahn is currently a non-executive director ...

HNWs require specialist expertise: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023
... to their adviser to be the connector or facilitator, coordinating access to specialists with deep expertise in their own field." Serving this segment of the market means the adviser needs to be the director at the centre of an ecosystem of highly specialised ...

Treasury mulls reforming use of genetic test results by life insurers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023
Treasury is calling for feedback on the use of genetic testing in life insurance underwriting, citing concerns the existing moratorium is ineffective, negatively impacting medical research efforts, and a lack of compliance from insurers. The government's ...

BNP Paribas acquires HSBC's hedge fund admin business

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2023
... said the liquid alternatives and hedge funds sector is an area of focus for BNP Paribas. "We have steadily invested in this field, with a strong emphasis on our integrated and innovative banking solution range across BNP Paribas' Securities Services ...

Product modernisation will strengthen retirement outcomes: FSC

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2023
... investment schemes to efficiently rationalise products and investment structures," it said. "This creates an uneven playing field that only promotes efficiencies in a subset of scenarios. Consequently, the proliferation of products that could benefit ...

ATO recoups $684m in unpaid super

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2023
... their superannuation obligations. "We know that mistakes can happen, but it's our responsibility to ensure a level playing field for all businesses," Rosenzweig said. "The sooner we know about unpaid super, the greater chance we have to recover it and ...

Fears grow around greenwashing litigation protections

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2023
... credibility. Handing the entire job of enforcement to an under-resourced regulator with limited capacity and experience in the field invites loose and cynical conduct by the reporting entities, especially large-emitting climate laggards. "It's worth ...