The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper

READ NOW

Executive Appointments

Ausfood Super appoints chief executive

BY ELIZABETH FRY | THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025 2:20PM

Australian Food Super, the superannuation fund set up for employees in the meat industry, has named Michael Sykes as its new CEO.

Upgrade your subscription to access this article

And gain access to:

All archived news content
Access to the Financial Standard app
Home page news customisation
Financial Standard 's fortnightly newspaper
25% discount on tickets to networking events

And more

Already A Subscriber?

UPGRADE SUBSCRIPTION

Related News

►	Super fund promotional expenses balloon: APRA
►	Independent financial planning boutique opens in Brisbane
►	Minimum service standards for super funds welcomed
►	Insignia denies yet another takeover bid
►	Bull market buoys super funds' 2024 returns
►	CC Capital Partners bids for Insignia
►	What you read in 2024
►	Australian Retirement Trust takes stake in Pattern Energy Group
►	Bain Capital bids for Insignia Financial
►	Australian Retirement Trust appoints new chief risk officer

Editor's Choice

Local family office backs new venture to invest in climate tech

ANDREW MCKEAN

The family office of Daniel Besen has become an anchor investor in new venture capital firm Climate Tech Partners, investing in "innovative software and hardware companies" accelerating decarbonisation.

FSCP deregisters adviser for two years

KARREN VERGARA

A financial adviser who provided "incompetent" SMSF advice has been barred from practising in the industry for two years by the Financial Services and Credit Panel (FSCP).

SMSFs outperform APRA funds over five years: Research

MATTHEW WAI

New research shows that self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) outperformed APRA-regulated funds by 1.2 percentage points per annum in the five years to June 2023.

Global X launches Russell 2000 ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN

Global X ETFs has launched Australia's only exchange-traded fund (ETF) tracking the Russell 2000 Capped Index.

Videos

Brought to you by

Recipe for retirement readiness

Gearing up

Under the hood

Confidence guaranteed

Entering a new era

MORE VIDEOS

Products

'Guide To' Series

Pocket investment guides featuring adviser case studies and a glossary.

MORE INFO

Publisher's Forum

Investing trends and strategies from the industry’s thought leaders.

MORE INFO

Product Showcases

Putting the spotlight on investment products that matter.

MORE INFO

Expert Feed

Ben Walsh

Head of Research

Padua Solutions

The gatekeeper fallacy: A critical analysis of financial advice regulation in Australia

The current regulatory framework for financial advice in Australia rests on a fundamental misconception that threatens both consumer protection and industry ...

READ MORE

Brendon Vade

Partner

Lorica Partners

How family shapes our financial futures

It doesn't take our 100+ years of collective wealth management experience to know that intergenerational wealth is a hard problem.

READ MORE

Michael Hallinan

Special Counsel - Superannuation/Financial Services Lawyer

A tale of two conflicting PBRs

What happens if a spouse survives the death of the member but dies before payment has been made?

READ MORE

Sarah Abood

Chief Executive Officer

Financial Advice Association Australia

From red tape to results? DBFO's potential

With only around 15,480 financial advisers in the country at last count, and 800 Australians retiring every day, the profession is facing a severe shortage ...

READ MORE

Industry Events

MORE INDUSTRY EVENTS

FEB

Advisers Big Day Out - Adelaide

Featured Profile

MORE PROFILES

Raelene Seales

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PRIME SUPER

Prime Super's Raelene Seales' immersions in cultures of innovation and creativity have equipped her to breathe new life into the fund, to the benefit of its broad church of members. Andrew McKean writes.

READ MORE