InFocus
Credit where credit is due: European private debt continues to rise
European private debt offers diversification play in the mid-risk bucket despite the low yield environment.
Rachel AlembakisSeptember 9, 2019
australiansuper
Roundtables
Education and early intervention is the biggest challenge for group insurance
A public misperception of insurance companies as faceless entities that do their best to avoid paying claims is not only unfounded, but potentially causing members to miss out on a wide range of benefits, industry figures say.
Ben HurleyAugust 21, 2019
People Moves
VicSuper appoints Wayne Kayler-Thomson as chair
VicSuper has appointed Wayne Kayler-Thomson as newly-elected chair of the superfund's board, replacing Christine Stewart who moves into the deputy chair position.
Elizabeth FryAugust 7, 2019
Roundtables
Kotkin: Pricing the China threat
Understanding the fractious relationship between US and China is more important– and simultaneously more demanding – than it has been in the past, high-profile Princeton historian Stephen Kotkin said at a recent roundtable.
Elizabeth FryJune 14, 2019
People Moves
TCorp snares CBA’s head of debt markets
TCorp has hired Simon Ling as its general manager of financial markets thus completing an internal overhaul of its financing team.
Elizabeth FryMay 15, 2019
ACSI Conference 2019
Silk: Failure to consider ESG risk is breaking the law
IIan Silk, the head of AustralianSuper, has upped the ante for industry funds warning that failure to consider ESG risks when investing their members' retirement savings is a breach of their best-interests duty.
Elizabeth FryMay 8, 2019
Insurance
Treasury submissions in for TPD standard definition
One of the recommendations of the Hayne royal commission was for Treasury to investigate whether to set standard definitions, terms and conditions for default MySuper group life insurance.
John BerrillMay 6, 2019
People Moves
AustralianSuper appoints new independent director
The $150 billion AustralianSuper has appointed Don Russell, a former State Super chair, as a new independent director to its board.
Elizabeth FryMay 3, 2019