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NZ Super Fund hires asset allocation head

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021
... joined the Guardians in 2015 and has since chaired a risk budgeting team and been involved in the 2020 review of the reference portfolio, reviews of investment hurdles and proxies and climate change strategy. Hyde will commence as head of asset allocation ...

LIBOR phased out by year end

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2021
... mid-2023, but even in the US regulators have stated that firms should cease entering into new contracts using USD LIBOR as a reference rate as soon as practicable and no later than 31 December 2021. The Financial Stability Board supports the adoption ...

NZ Super bolsters leadership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2021
NZ Super has announced a new general manager, portfolio completion to oversee the implementation of its reference portfolio. The Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation, the entity which manages the NZ $57 billion fund, promoted George Crosby to the ...

Actuaries Institute unveils IDII recommendations

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2021
... to understand the issues and how to improve outcomes for customers," Laughlin said. The taskforce also released the Reference Product report, which is a prudential management guide for senior management, boards and regulators in assessing risk and uncertainty ...

Advisers filter clients via ethical lens

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2021
... need for the regulator to enforce heavy-handed rules and compliance. Many advisers are putting ethics as a frame of reference into their business practice, making more effort to being transparent, trustworthy, honest and fair, he said. "Doing what you ...

Former Westpac chief executive in new role

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
Former Westpac chief executive Brian Hartzer has joined an investment advisory founded last year. In his new role, he is working as a senior adviser to Melbourne-based Sayers which launched last year. "We're assembling a team of the brightest minds ...

Chief economist update: Japan's elusive virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
... that but perhaps the BOJ believes that if it repeats it often enough, someday, one day, it will come true. The earliest reference to the "virtuous cycle" I found was in the Japanese central bank's "Summary of Opinions at the Monetary Policy Meeting ...

O'Dwyer joins Barrenjoey

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
... David Gonski said. Barrenjoey chief executive Brian Benari said following Gonski's appointment the board's terms of reference have been finalised and will now work towards ensuring appropriate balance of directors in terms of gender and background. "As ...

"Financial" in BFID is no big deal: Academic

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2021
... the statute it is impossible to ignore that. Those without a deep understanding of the trust law would not miss the reference, [and] would not misunderstand it. That said, I don't think that particular insertion changes the substance of the law." However ...

Must prepare for demise of LIBOR: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
... stressed that is essential that by the end of this year, institutions must have already transitioned to alternative reference rates. He said for existing contracts where that's not possible, robust fallback provisions must be in place to make clear ...