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AustralianSuper expands executive lineup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2025
The nation's largest super fund named another deputy chief executive, a chief transformation officer, and will add a chief platforms officer to the team. AustralianSuper is making changes to its leadership team, saying the new structure will strengthen ...

GSFM bolsters Queensland presence

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
... appointed to the newly created role, reporting to the $12.16 billion fund manager's head of retail business, Ben Williams. She will oversee panel management, client retention, platform and product distribution, strategic planning and execution, as ...

Equity Trustees to ask Mulino for help amid First Guardian, Shield fallout

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
Equity Trustees will follow Netwealth's lead and make an application to the government under Part 23 of the SIS Act for help in making First Guardian and Shield investors whole. Speaking at the Equity Trustees annual general meeting today, managing ...

Brighter Super launches new brand campaign

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
New advertisements see members lying back on hammocks carried by red balloons as they float across the Queensland landscape. Brighter Super's new campaign is being rolled out across TV, radio, outdoor, YouTube and social media and was created in ...

Aberdeen adds emerging markets option for Australian investors

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2025
... Manufacturing, Samsung Electronics, and Alibaba Group Holding. The fund will be managed by senior investment director Matt Williams and supported by the Aberdeen global emerging market equity group. The minimum initial investment in the fund is $20,000. ...

James Mawhinney launches another appeal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
Mayfair 101 managing director James Mawhinney is appealing the Federal Court's decision to bar him from dealing in financial products for 15 years. Last month, the Federal Court upheld a previous decision to ban Mawhinney from receiving or soliciting ...

Canadian pension giant sued over alleged climate failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
Four young Canadians are suing the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, claiming the fund breached its duty to invest in their interests by failing to protect their retirement savings from climate risk. The plaintiffs, Aliya Hirji, Travis Olson, Rav ...

Kenya to establish sovereign wealth fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
Kenya is planning to roll out its first sovereign wealth fund as it looks to safeguard its income derived from oil, gas and minerals mining. The Kenya Sovereign Wealth Fund is designed to provide a buffer from fluctuations in resource revenues or macro-economic ...

UGC auditor 'comprehensively failed', registration stripped

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025
The man responsible for auditing United Global Capital and its two managed funds has had his company auditor registration torn up after he was found to have 'continuously failed to undertake basic audit work' that could have saved millions in SMSF investors' ...

Netwealth invokes Part 23 of SIS Act in First Guardian response

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025
Netwealth has applied to the government for financial assistance under Part 23 of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 in order to compensate members impacted by the First Guardian failure. This morning, the listed platform and superannuation ...