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Stakeholders ask ASIC for tougher private markets regulation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
... investors to private credit markets was also called out for closer examination following concerns for potential non-investment risk-driven losses (e.g. through illiquidity, conflicts of interest and opaque fees)," ASIC said. The lack of transparency ...

Global stock markets rally, but Trump's next post could flip the script

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... said. This month, however, he said tariffs will remain the focus. He said the market's probably "too complacent about the risk of more tariffs," and that "there's still a lot to play out."

Superhero plans 'mass affluent' wealth play

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
... has added three other senior executives to help drive its ambitious strategy. Nathan Dearinger has been appointed head of risk, joining from Rest where he was head of enterprise risk up until December last year. Prior to that, he held senior risk roles ...

Apostle launches CastleKnight Management in Australia

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
... CastleKnight will help Apostle deliver wholesale and institutional strategies by investing in mispriced securities and asymmetric risk-return opportunities. Apostle managing director Mitchell Gunman said CastleKnight applies a macro lens and rigorous ...

Allan Gray exposes 'hateful eight' bubble threat

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
... you exposed..." Mawhinney said. Allan Gray believes investors in the local share market can't afford to ignore valuation risk, while those looking globally will need to push beyond their comfort zone if they want to achieve outperformance. "The recent ...

Life insurers report another profitable quarter

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
... and year on year. Group disability income insurance made $697 million in revenues for the period. Meanwhile, group lump sum risk made $1.4 billion in revenues, up 8% quarter on quarter. Individual lump sum risk, which earned $2.2 billion, was stable ...

Aware Super recruits Marsh McLennan risk specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
Aware Super is bolstering its risk management and compliance team with a senior hire from Marsh McLennan, the global risk and insurance giant. The $200 billion industry fund has appointed Norlena Brouwer as head of business risk and compliance for enablement ...

BlackRock hires Housing Australia treasury chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... Finance Steering Committee and serving as deputy chair of the NSW Sustainability Bond Committee. She also chaired the Climate Risk Steering Group from 2019 to 2022, establishing governance frameworks for climate-related financial risk management across ...

Former TCorp exec sets up consultancy

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... realise that total portfolio thinking encourages a more agile and productive approach to allocating the marginal dollar of risk in their portfolios," he said. "This mindset also serves to clarify and simplify the organisational structure and governance ...

Greenwashing remains an enforcement priority: ASIC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... reporting entities is very significant... it's also really important for addressing the financial system's climate risk," she said. ASIC's three-pronged approach is to provide regulatory guidance, the discretion to provide regulatory relief ...