Fund Regulatory Update
/Splitting super in family law cases now easier
APRA Connect to go live
Fund Company Update
/Media Super and Cbus merger delays
Kaplan rolls out Women in Finance scholarship
Willis Towers Watson restructure
Risk Company Update
/Zurich introduces paid gender affirmation leave policy
Centrepoint Alliance acquires ClearView advice business
Risk Regulatory Update
/NAB and Westpac to face economics committee
APRA stats show life insurance industry improvements, releases new remuneration standards
FASEA approves Victoria University courses, July exam results out
Tax board and standards councils sign MOU
ASIC freezes levy for financial advice
FSC releases new life code for consultation
Risk Product Update
/MLC Life in CancerAid partnership
Risk People Update
/CBA welcomes board member
Zurich appoints group chief strategy officer
CFS appoints risk head
Fund People Update
/Cbus welcomes new chair
AUSIEX appoints head of risk and compliance
LUCRF farewells head of product and strategy
AustralianSuper appoints head of equities
AMP appoints GM of retirement, loses head of multi-asset group
Lonsec appoints CIO
SuperConcepts welcomes CIO, CTO
WTW announces CEO replacement
Investor confidence up 8.9 points in August 2021
/Investor confidence was up in August, led by Europe.
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/Schroders releases Institutional Investor Study
Fund Regulatory Update
/APRA releases YFYS performance results
Risk Regulatory Update
/APRA to offer greater transparency in life and general insurance data
Life insurance code of practice up for public scrutiny
Advice industry opposes CSLR
FSC initiates consultation on occupational exclusions in MySuper insurance
Risk People Update
/FPA appoints new chair of FPEC
Risk Company Update
/AFA Foundation partners with two insurers
Westpac sells life insurance business
APRA reviews insurer stress testing
/APRA’s 2020 stress testing of the insurance industry has given a thumbs up to company resilience overall.
Read MoreESG Research Update
/NRI report into what’s on offer in ESG
Australian and New Zealand ESG Update
/Acadian AI ‘green screen’ to autodetect greenwashing in disclosures
Australia may be excluded from large foreign investment funds
ASIC investigating greenwashing by super funds and managed funds
Fund Regulatory Update
/FSC launches Women in Investment Management Charter
Multiple super account numbers down but still $3.6 billion in unclaimed super remains
YFYS regulations released
Fund People Update
/Clime shareholders vote director out
Mercer loses COO
Netwealth appoints head of investment solutions
Fidelity appoints director of sustainable investing
State Street welcomes MD for portfolio solutions
Praemium appoints CEO
JP Morgan AM promotes CEO
Challenger CEO departing
Goldman Sachs appoints head of private wealth
Schroders loses co-head of APAC
Fund Product Update
/First Sentier launches responsible fund to Australian investors
Cryptocurrency Update
/Amazon may accept Bitcoin payments in 2021
