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Feature: Compliance | Passing the buck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... in Australia's wealth management and superannuation industries, confirming the value of strong regulation and the mandate for super funds to act in members' best interests," he said. "While it is essential that those who misled trustees, research ...

Superannuation system quality stagnates: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
The quality of Australia's retirement system continues to stagnate at the B+ level based on the annual Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index (MCGPI) over the last four years. The retirement system has not improved since 2021 when it moved from a ...

QIC to lead investor gateway for energy sector

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2025
... for identifying, negotiating, executing and managing investment opportunities into statewide projects. Outlined in the mandate, the new initiative has three main functions: attracting private capital to drive new investment in energy infrastructure ...

Clime gains ground on culture, business model reset

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2025
Not done with pulling Clime Investment Management out of the red, managing director Michael Baragwanath's bold plans to turn the ship around entail a product and culture overhaul, and even giving away his short-term incentives (STI) to staff. After ...

ASIC sues Fiducian for ESG failures

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2025
... were the Candriam Sustainable Global Equity Fund operated by Ausbil Investment Management, and an Australian ESG shares mandate operated by Solaris Investment Management. In 2021 the Solaris mandate was replaced by the Perpetual Wholesale Ethical SRI ...

GROW recruits HESTA exec to lead product push

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2025
... several major super funds as clients, including Australian Ethical, Vanguard and NGS Super. In 2023, GROW also secured a mandate from HESTA. The shift from MUFG Pension and Retirement Services-formerly Link Group-to GROW Inc. proved contentious for HESTA ...

QIC delivers $9.6bn for Queensland

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2025
QIC delivered record FY25 results of $9.6 billion to its Queensland government clients in FY25, taking total earnings for the state to more than $22 billion since 2022. QIC said despite fluctuating market conditions during the financial year, assets ...

CFS taps JPMAM for global strategies mandates

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2025
Colonial First State (CFS) has handed J.P. Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM) mandates for its emerging markets and global shares strategies. The US$3.8 trillion asset manager has been selected by CFS after rigorous due diligence, assessing its performance ...

Norges Bank commits over $2bn to energy transition fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2025
... committed $2.3 billion (US$1.5bn) to Brookfield Asset Management's Global Transition Fund II (BGTF II) to expand its current mandate from the government. The investment builds eight direct investments in renewable energy infrastructure and an indirect ...

Inflation rises 3% in August

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2025
... "in a very good position", pointing to inflation being within the board's target 2-3% range. "On the first part of our mandate, inflation has fallen substantially since the peak of 7.8% in 2022 and is now within the 2-3% target range," Bullock said. ...