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Actuary of the Year named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022
... intelligence, and the social impact of data availability and automation in insurance." Actuaries Institute president Annette King said Dolman has built strong relationships beyond the actuarial community and is highly regarded by policymakers, regulators ...

Stock exchanges, industry pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2022
... longest-reigning monarch, having served the public since 1952. Upon her passing, in his first statement as the new monarch, King Charles III said: "We mourn profoundly the passing of a cherished Sovereign and much-loved mother. I know her loss will be ...

Challenger offers new fixed term annuity

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022
Challenger has launched a new guaranteed fixed three-year term annuity at 4.4% per annum. It said investors who choose to receive all their capital back at the end of the term will receive guaranteed annual payments over the period. The investment manager ...

New Forests launches new division, appoints team

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2022
... 100,000-hectare aggregation, which was acquired by New Forests and Alberta Investment Management Company (AIMCo) in January 2022. Bruce King has been named director of agriculture, Ben Mason is portfolio manager, Ben Pickles will commence as manager ...

AustralianSuper breaks into world's top 20 pension funds

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2022
The superannuation giant has jumped two places in a global survey of pensions and now ranks number 20 with total assets of US$169 billion. According to annual research conducted by the Thinking Ahead Institute and Pensions & Investments, 15 Australian ...

Nanuk welcomes senior investment analyst

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2022
... in Sydney, will commence the newly created role next Friday. She will join the team alongside chief investment officer Tom King, portfolio managers Jane Henderson, Tristan Patience, Peter Wilmshurst and Binya Even who is based in London. A statement ...

Are Australia's wealthiest tight-fisted?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2022
The Centre for Social Impact's report investigating trends in Australians' income and philanthropic giving has found that although top-end wealth has grown, giving has lagged. Australia has the world's second highest median level of wealth and the fourth ...

Cash was king in FY22: Vanguard

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2022
The only asset class to generate a positive return in FY22 was cash - a title it hasn't held since the Global Financial Crisis. Vanguard has released its 2022 Index Chart, capturing every major asset class over the last 30 years. The data shows ...

No investment case for alternative meat just yet: Nanuk

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2022
Nanuk Asset Management's chief investment officer Tom King says the growing desire to eat less meat has driven strong category growth for plant-based meat alternatives, but the investment case still isn't there. According to King, the trend of eating ...

BlackRock appoints head of iShares, index investment

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2022
BlackRock has named Jason Collins as its head of iShares and index investments for the Australian and New Zealand region, effective immediately. The new role encompasses BlackRock's iShares and index investments business. The duties will be in addition ...