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SMC backs principles-based approach to corporate governance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... has championed the flexibility of a principles-based approach to corporate governance as essential for effective oversight, risk management, and accountability, warning against a 'tick-the-box' approach in its submission to the prudential regulator's ...

US-Iran tensions send markets into panic mode

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... Despite the serious escalation in the Middle East, Tuckwell warned that gold prices already appear stretched. "Geopolitical risk has been elevated for years. Central banks have been buying aggressively," Tuckwell said. "Retail flows are strong. And gold ...

Australia progresses climate transition disclosures, planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
... to integrate both physical and transition risks into their investment process. This includes geospatial tools that model risk at the asset level and align with disclosure frameworks such as the Task Force on Climate Related Financial Disclosures, International ...

Resilient job market reduces rate cut probability: Experts

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
While the Australian unemployment rate remained unchanged, experts are becoming less optimistic we'll see many more rate cuts this year. The Australian labour market remained robust in May, with the unemployment rate sitting at 4.1%, Australian Bureau ...

ART overhaul sees senior portfolio managers exit

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... alternatives, where he managed selection and portfolio construction across multi-asset class funds, hedge funds, and alternative risk premia strategies. Ozer joined TCorp in 2011 from First Sentier, where he worked as an investment analyst to expand ...

Wealth groups tap operations leads

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... functions. In his expanded role, he will ensure effective execution across business units while also continuing to manage risk and compliance temporarily. Harris joined Aura in 2020 as the global head of risk and compliance, bringing over 20 years of ...

JANA executive jumps to Channel

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... portfolio management. During his near two decades with the asset consultant, he served as head of portfolio construction and risk and deputy chair of the investment committee. Commenting, Channel's managing director, Glen Holding, said the timing ...

Rest, NZ Super Fund top global rankings for best practices

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... investing. Resilience score remained flat amid several sovereign investors hiring business continuity teams and revising their risk frameworks and investment policies. "Unfortunately, this is an industry prone to changes and political intervention, and ...

Future Fund cleared to manage select asset classes in-house

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
... alter Future Fund's statutory responsibility to maximise returns, make independent commercial decisions, seek appropriate risk adjusted returns for individual investments, or change its approach to portfolio design. "It is entirely a matter for the ...

Small industry super funds beat giants on trust, service, value

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
... consideration for switching. It's almost like the grass is always greener on the other side," Devitt said. To counter this switching risk, small industry funds need to reframe their communications, she said, emphasising that "big doesn't necessarily ...