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UniSuper chair to step down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2022
... During that time the fund has grown from $60 billion to $100 billion, and he has overseen its transition to a fully public offer fund and the planned merger with Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund. He joined the board following an ...

Former adviser sentenced over theft

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2022
Former Sydney financial adviser Keith Flowers has been sentenced to three years and two months imprisonment, t o be served by way of intensive correction order, and fined $9500. The matter, prosecuted by the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions ...

NZ Super Fund hires from ART

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2022
... join the Kiwi sovereign wealth fund as a senior investment strategist. Andrew Fisher, ART's head of strategy - public offer said over his 11 years at Sunsuper and Australian Retirement Trust, Wong has made a tremendous contribution to the investment ...

AvSuper, Commonwealth Super Corporation explore merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2022
... who share a common heritage and provide superannuation to those who serve our country". AvSuper is a government but public offer fund with its foundations in the aviation industry while CSC is the super fund for Australia's government employees and ...

Biggest ever super merger completes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2022
... investment teams during the early stages of the merger. Different strategies for the government division of QSuper and the public offer part of the fund will remain, meaning that much of the investment team will continue working as they were. However ...

HSBC receives ESG accolades, criticism on same day

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022
Within 24 hours, HSBC received a glowing report on its ESG credentials and withering criticism that it "trashed" its own carbon pledge with a Saudi Aramco deal. S&P released its ESG ratings for $3 trillion financial institution HSBC, scoring the company ...

What you read in 2021

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
In another year of lockdowns and uncertainty, Financial Standard 's most read stories show all eyes were on the changing nature of the superannuation sector. Industry consolidation and the Your Future, Your Super performance test underscore the ...

QSuper, Sunsuper unveil rebrand

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2021
QSuper and Sunsuper unveiled a new name ahead of their planned merger, set to finalise early next year. The combined $230 billion super fund will be known as Australian Retirement Trust. Sunsuper's 1.4 million members will become members of Australian ...

AvSuper hunts merger partner, launches EOI process

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2021
... started life in 1990 for employees of Airservices Australia and the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) before going public offer in 2005. Despite this, the fund has failed to grow, with its 2014 annual report showing total FUM of about $1.7 billion. ...

Top investment products, super fund revealed

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021
... Best Australian Shares Income Fund, Best Australian Shares ETF and Best International Shares ETF. Opening up as a public offer fund this year, the $100 billion fund UniSuper has performed strongly over the long-term with the balanced option returning ...