CBA

Roundtables

Super funds battle currency risk in private asset shopping spree

Hedging private assets is more critical than ever as Australian super funds buy offshore at record prices, a group of institutional investors have said.

Elizabeth FryDecember 16, 2019

Insurance

AIA and CommInsure join forces

AIA has partnered with Commonwealth Bank’s life insurance business to operate as one entity as it waits for its purchase of CommInsure Life to be completed.

Elizabeth FryNovember 1, 2019

Chair's Seat

Tasplan’s Naomi Edwards on mergers and ‘unique value’ propositions

Naomi Edwards, chair of $9.5 billion Hobart-based superannuation fund, Tasplan, says many super funds kid themselves over how unique their value proposition is.

Elizabeth FryAugust 12, 2019

Policy and Regulation

APRA – the definition of insanity

To the surprise of no-one, the result of the capability review found that APRA was not capable of fulfilling its most basic mandate, Pat McConnell says.

Patrick McConnellJuly 22, 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

Policy and Regulation

APRA signals tough new enforcement approach

The prudential regulator on Tuesday flagged its plan to take a much tougher approach to enforcement using the full range of its powers to deter bad practices.

Elizabeth FryApril 16, 2019

Featured Homepage Posts

ASIC targets advice for enforcement testing

The financial advice industry will be a testing ground for the securities regulator’s tough new litigious stance on the country’s largest financial institutions, recent disclosures have revealed.

Matthew SmithMarch 18, 2019

CMSF 2019

Samuel: Cultural change must come from the top

Executives should be paid properly for the job they are expected to do, and rewarded for an outstanding job, says former chair of the antitrust regulator, Graeme Samuel.

Elizabeth FryMarch 14, 2019

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