APRA questions Insurers’ Risk Management Insurance, Risk and Regulation Prudential regulator APRA has questioned the robustness of insurers’ risk management frameworks, following unexpected business interruption claims stemming from the coronavirus pandemic Read More
Beyond the Liquidity Waterfall Asset Allocation & Strategy, Risk and Regulation Liquidity can become a stresspoint in times of crisis, as was demonstrated last year. CIOs would do well to assess not only their liquidity waterfall, but also see how both their top-down asset allocation and individual private market decisions affect their liquidity profile, PGIM’s Bruce Phelps says. Read More
New APRA Member to Oversee Superannuation Risk and Regulation, Women in Finance Former FSA executive director Margaret Cole will join APRA as the new member responsible for the superannuation sector in Australia in July this year. Read More
APRA to Issue Notices over Heatmap Risk and Regulation APRA says eight trustees may have failed in their obligations to members in relation to 10 separate MySuper products, which means they could possibly have breached the SIS Act. Read More
Cbus Sees Trouble for Smaller Funds Asset Owners, Risk and Regulation Cbus CEO Justin Arter expects to see more consolidation among smaller funds as the proposed super reforms might cause these funds to rethink their purpose in life. Read More
Crescent Wealth Adds Currency Hedging Asset Owners, Risk and Regulation Islamic superannuation fund Crescent Wealth has expanded its investment toolkit with the addition of Shariah-compliant currency hedging, while it has also appointed a new asset consultant. Read More
Superannuation Industry ROR at Record Low Asset Allocation & Strategy, Risk and Regulation Super industry has experienced its lowest rate of return in the March quarter since APRA started data collection. Read More
Hedging with Hindsight at VFMC Asset Owners, Private & Alternative Markets, Risk and Regulation What if you could design your hedging strategy with 20/20 hindsight? We asked VFMC’s Mark Aaron how to best address this question. Read More
Superannuation Funds pay $6.3 billion in Early Release Asset Allocation & Strategy, Risk and Regulation, Women in Finance Superannuation funds have paid out $6.3 billion in total under the early release scheme to people who are experiencing financial hardship as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Read More
