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Russell Investments wins two mandates

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
... manager to work closely with its funds management arm Ahuriri Investment Management (AIM). The $43.5 million (NZ$50m) mandate will see Russell Investments help diversify the council's investment portfolio, which comprises leasehold property, development ...

Prime Super awards fixed income mandate

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
Prime Super has appointed MFS Investment Management to manage an active global fixed income mandate. The $9 billion super fund will invest in the MFS Global Aggregate Core Plus Fixed Income strategy, which seeks to outperform the Bloomberg Global Aggregate ...

68% pass financial adviser exam: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
Some 68% of candidates who sat the November sitting of the financial adviser exam passed, ASIC's results show. A total of 308 candidates undertook the exam, with 208 passing with flying colours. About three-quarters (75.6%) sat the exam for the first ...

VanEck launches fixed-rate subordinated debt ETF

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
VanEck will launch a fixed-rate subordinated debt ETF on the ASX on December 12. The Australian Fixed Rate Subordinated Debt ETF (FSUB) will complement VanEck's SUBD strategy first introduced in 2019. SUBD currently has a total of $3.17 billion in assets ...

Super moves: HESTA, Nest, Resolution Life, NZ Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
... Insurance to form Acenda. Barrow most recently worked as a portfolio manager overseeing parts of the insurer's $30 billion mandate, including fixed income strategies and non-investment-linked multi-asset portfolios. She also carried responsibility ...

Life insurers to up external fund manager mandates: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
A large proportion of investment teams within life insurance firms say they will increase their reliance on external fund managers over the next five years, a new survey finds. Funds management technology platform Clearwater Analytics canvassed 150 ...

Super funds most relied upon for advice: Survey

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
Australians continue to seek advice from their super funds but struggle to know exactly when they can retire, an MFS Investment Management survey found. The 2025 MFS Global Retirement Survey - studying some 1000 participants across Australia, Canada ...

Tyndall Asset Management calls time

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2025
Tyndall Asset Management confirmed it will close its doors early next year following a mandate loss, saying the decision "reflects current dynamics in Australian large cap value equities" and its market position. Australian equities specialist Tyndall ...

MetLife scores group insurance mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2025
Spaceship Super has appointed MetLife to provide insurance as it introduces default cover for Death and Total & Permanent Disablement (TPD), as well as the option to apply for voluntary cover. Effective 6 February 2026, members will be eligible for ...

Perpetual raises $268m to expand credit investments

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2025
... corporates and securitisation opportunities rather than SMEs or property developer lending. "PCI operates an unconstrained mandate, meaning we pick what we consider to be the best deals across the full spectrum of credit and fixed income assets in accordance ...