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Gold soars over Trump's Greenland rhetoric

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
... Or you can say no, and we will remember." Despite winding back fears of using force to take the nation, deVere chief executive Nigel Green said the speech was "not conciliatory". "It was highly aggressive. Trump repeatedly praised tariffs, defended their ...

bfinance names new managing director, insurance lead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
bfinance has announced the appointment of Ravi Rastogi in the newly created senior leadership role of managing director and global head of insurance. He will be based in the firm's London office. The investment consultancy firm said the shift underscores ...

Netwealth's APRA-mandated governance overhaul underway

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
Netwealth said its APRA-mandated investment governance overhaul is underway and is being led at the executive level. This was part of its agreement with ASIC in December under which it said it will repay $101 million to super members who accessed the ...

Legacy technology stagnates insurers' business progression: Clearwater Analytics

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
Most insurers across the Asia Pacific are citing concerns about legacy technology, which continues to constrain business growth and talent recruitment, yet the industry remains unwilling to adopt innovation, new research has revealed. According to the ...

MA Financial backs FundBox's Australian expansion with $100m facility

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
... transaction, supporting its expansion into Australia through a bespoke asset-backed lending facility," MA Financial executive director of global credit solutions Guy Kaufman said. "Fundbox has developed a differentiated and scalable platform, and we ...

PGIM expands into private credit secondaries

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
... across the middle market positions puts us in a strong position to deliver on transactions in this space." MCP chief executive Stephan Wessel added: "By combining PGIM's breadth of private credit expertise with our team's experience in secondaries, we ...

Insignia sees $1.5bn inflows, updates on CC Capital takeover

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
... continue to deliver on the strategic priorities outlined in our 2030 Vision and Strategy," Insignia Financial chief executive Scott Hartley said. The quarter saw 9600 customer accounts (representing $1.9 billion in assets) from its old MasterKey platform ...

DASH adds two new executives to C-suite

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026
... commitment to delivering connected, advice-centric technology across its platform and software ecosystem. DASH chief executive Andrew Whelan said: "Sarah brings strong product leadership at a time when advisers are demanding simpler, more connected technology." ...

Danish pension fund dumps US bonds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026
... member accounts on behalf of Greenland's pension fund, SISA. In an interview with Bloomberg, SISA Pension's chief executive Søren Schock Petersen said the fund is currently considering dumping all US investments, including public equities. Swedish ...

Praemium aims for 'market-leading' super offering

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026
... million for exiting advisers, though Praemium said these outflows are expected to diminish over time. Praemium chief executive Anthony Wamsteker said he was pleased with the overall performance, particularly having seen strong demand for Spectrum, which ...