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Custody assets exceed $5tn milestone

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2024
While assets under custody have climbed in Australia, surpassing $5 trillion for the first time, some key players have seen theirs take a dive. Tallying up the assets under custody in Australia to June 30, the Australian Custodial Services Association ...

Russell Investments appoints global head of alternatives

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2024
Russell Investments has announced the appointment of Ayesha Parra as global head of alternatives to lead the overall business strategy for the firm's alternatives platform globally. Parra, who joined in July, leads a team of alternatives specialists ...

Australia's safety nets 'stretched too thin': CALI

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024
... far too thin, and people are increasingly worried about falling through the cracks. Life insurers have a critical role to play to ensure that doesn't happen." Although almost a quarter (23%) would consider terminating their life insurance if affordability ...

BHP, Rio Tinto, Qantas back carbon credits fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024
... year. "Alongside our investments in other technologies like sustainable aviation fuel, high-integrity carbon projects will play a critical role to help us progress our climate targets as aviation continues to be a difficult sector to decarbonise," he ...

Vanguard, Betashares, iShares neck and neck in battle for inflows

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024
Vanguard, Betashares, iShares, and VanEck have attracted most of the ETF inflows in Australia for 2024, with competition among these issuers fierce. Vanguard led with $4.07 billion in inflows, followed by local player Betashares with $3.98 billion ...

Iress snags Insignia Financial executive

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024
Iress, the advice software provider, has appointed a new executive to run its superannuation business, hiring from Insignia Financial. Sam Wall has over 25 years' experience in superannuation, investments, wealth and insurance, leading teams across ...

Chief financial officer roles 'widely ambiguous': Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024
... teams focus on strategic and operational issues in a volatile and uncertain world, the chief financial officer is expected to play a value adding role, but research suggests that the chief financial officer might be challenged in fulfilling these expectations." ...

BNP Paribas in talks to buy AXA Investment Managers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2024
AXA is at the pointy end of discussions with BNP Paribas to offload its asset management business for $8.5 billion. AXA Investment Managers has been part of the AXA Group for 25 years and, in that time, has grown to house some $1.4 trillion (€850 ...

CommSec names top state for economic performance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024
A solid job market and construction activity has seen South Australia top the economic performance leaderboard in the latest CommSec State of the States report for the third quarter in a row. The State of the States report assesses the performance of ...

Resolution Life Australasia adds to partnerships, product team

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024
... most recently, Integrity Life. Tim Tez, chief executive of Resolution Life Australia, said: "These new appointments will play an important part in our ongoing customer service and retention focus, delivering valued customer offerings and ensuring we ...