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Super Members Council names chief executive

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2023
... appointed Misha Schubert as its inaugural chief executive. Schubert will move to SMC following a tenure as chief executive at Science and Technology Australia. She's also held senior communication and advocacy roles, including at Universities Australia ...

Fidelity International chief exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2023
... 2020. She was appointed a Dame Commander (DBE) in June 2021 for her services to financial services, women, education and science. Fidelity International chair Abby Johnson said: "Over the last five years Anne has accomplished a tremendous amount for ...

Private market deal activity set to persist amid high-rates: Aviva

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2023
Aviva Investors' data showed that in economic downturns illiquidity premia in private debt markets are often compressed, repricing more slowly than public market equivalents; a trend consistent through the most recent spate of interest-rate hikes. The ...

Super funds missing out on rich returns from Aussie agriculture

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023
... lever the world can pull to feed its population: increased productivity on the farm, that's about delivering executable, science-led improvements in farm productivity," McKay says. "Australia is leading the charge in both."

Uniseed partners with major Aussie universities

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2023
... will join the Universities of Queensland, New South Wales, Melbourne, and Sydney, as well as Australia's national science agency CSIRO, who are existing partners and currently allocate over $1 billion a year for research. Together, the recently expanded ...

ISPT to offload retail, office properties

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2023
Following a strategic review, Industry Super Property Trust (ISPT) is selling five assets, including Melbourne's GPO and a Sydney office building. An assessment of ISPT's $17.7 billion Core Fund identified five assets that do not align "with ...

HMC Capital reaches first close on fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2023
The asset manager has successfully closed its Health Care and Life Sciences Unlisted real estate fund (UHF) after receiving more than $1 billion, including from major global pension funds. The group said it secured $640 million of equity commitments ...

How to warm up for a 50-degree day

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2023
... understand that they're not only decarbonising the portfolios but making sure the assets adapt," Noble said. "There's a lot of science around this, it's been on the table for some time, and it's about bringing this into the competency conversation. This ...

Trust trumps product advice: Research

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023
The Art of science and trust research, commissioned by the Australian Retirement Trust, has found that clients value trust and simplicity more than product and investment advice when dealing with financial advisers. The research found that when measuring ...

US regulators launch investigation into OpenAI

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2023
... Generative, to review existing regulations, assess potential gaps and outline a way forward. At the time, Minister for Industry Science Ed Husic said it was appropriate to consider whether regulatory and governance mechanisms in place were fit for purpose ...