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NGS Super to launch lifetime income product

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2025
NGS Super has partnered with Challenger to provide guaranteed lifetime income for members. The agreement will give the super fund's 32,000 members aged over 55 "greater certainty" through blending an account-based pension with a guaranteed, regular ...

Top ART executives depart in reshuffle

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
Australia Retirement Trust has appointed new heads for its equities, fixed-income, private debt and capital markets businesses following a revamp of its investment team. The superannuation giant's plan to simplify the investment process has seen ...

Morningstar adds to multi-asset team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
A Mercer portfolio strategist has joined Morningstar Investment Management Australia as a portfolio manager. Morningstar has hired Joel Grosvenor as a portfolio manager with its multi-asset investment team. Grosvenor - who can count over 15 years of ...

Infocus adds to leadership team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
The national advice group welcomed an executive general manager, strategic relationships after also adding a chief financial and operations officer. Matthew Fogarty has joined the Infocus team in the strategic relationships role, bringing more than ...

Government makes record commitment to Medicare

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
Handing down the Federal Budget, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the government is reducing all prescriptions available through the pharmaceutical benefits scheme (PBS), as well as investing a "record" $7.9 billion in Medicare to lift bulk billing rates. ...

Nominate now for the 2025 MAX Awards

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
Nominations are now open for the annual Financial Standard MAX (Marketing, Advertising and Sales Excellence) Awards. Now running for more than three decades, the MAX Awards recognises industry excellence in the fields of marketing, advertising and sales ...

CareSuper to merge with meat industry fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
CareSuper is set to merge with a $1 billion industry fund with 56,000 members. The $56 billion super fund, which has around 550,000, has struck a binding agreement to merge with the Meat Industry Employees' Superannuation Fund (MIESF). CareSuper chair ...

ASIC, ASFA spar over super fund trustees 'not knowing' their business

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
ASIC chair Joe Longo has torched the superannuation sector, branding it the "poster child" for what can and does go wrong when governance implodes, while accusing directors of "not knowing" their business. In a speech at the Australian Institute of ...

Family office appoints inaugural chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2025
Coaxial, the family office of Nicola Forrest, has welcomed its first chief executive. Current UBank chief executive Philippa Watson has been appointed by Forrest to lead her family office and philanthropic venture, founded in 2023. Through Coaxial ...

Northern Trust lands another mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025
Northern Trust has been selected to provide global custody and valuation reporting services for Generation Life. With the new remit, Northern Trust will provide support to $1.5 billion ( as of 31 January 2025 ) of Generation Life's portfolio assets ...