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An outlook for fixed income allocations in 2026

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 23 DEC 2025
Fixed income allocations are becoming an increasingly viable and attractive option for investors in 2026, head of investment specialists at Insight Investment April LaRusse told Financial Standard. Providing guidance for the new year, LaRusse offered ...

Super moves: Aware, VFMC, CareSuper, UniSuper, NGS

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
Aware Super has added former Future Fund investment chief Sue Brake (pictured) to its trustee board, effective 1 January 2026. Brake has been an independent member of the Aware Super Investment Committee since April and brings more than 30 years of ...

Nambawan Super taps former Prime Super boss for top job

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
Papua New Guinea's Nambawan Super has appointed a new chief executive, naming Australian superannuation veteran Lachlan Baird to lead the country's largest defined contribution government fund. Baird brings more than two decades of superannuation ...

AustralianSuper execs earn top pay grade: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2025
AustralianSuper's top brass are the highest paid in the superannuation sector, earning nearly $9.2 million, which is double the amount that some of their peers earn. Newly released APRA data covering the 2025 financial year showed that industry ...

Mark Delaney to step down from AustralianSuper

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
Mark Delaney is stepping down as chief investment officer and deputy chief executive after 25 years at the fund. Delaney is set to leave the fund on 30 June 2026. Until then, the nation's largest super fund will conduct a global search for his replacement. ...

BlackRock loses $8.9bn pension fund mandate

MATT TOLEDO  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
PME Pensioenfonds, a Dutch pension fund with $105 billion in assets, has terminated an $8.9 billion equity mandate with BlackRock due to the manager's misalignment with the fund's environmental, social and governance framework. According to a release ...

Why a single insto client is a massive business risk

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
The closures of several active fund managers following the loss of a major mandate has underscored the importance of having a diversified client base, as one $2.2 billion manager warns this has become a substantial business risk. This year alone saw ...

Sequoia expects earnings hit from Shield, First Guardian

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
Sequoia Financial Group's embattled licensee and adviser services division flagged it is currently making healthy earnings but expects to take a hit from the First Guardian Master Fund and Shield Master Fund debacle. The unit, which is embroiled in ...

Natixis bolsters distribution leadership

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2025
Natixis Investment Managers has appointed Daniel Shelest as distribution director for researchers and consultants. Bringing a decade of experience to the role, Shelest will be responsible for strengthening the asset manager's relationships with research ...

South Korea looks to Australia for next sovereign wealth fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
South Korea is establishing another sovereign wealth fund, with this one to be modelled on the Future Fund. Launching the National Growth Fund yesterday, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Yooncheol Koo said the government would ...