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Passive strategies show 'higher survivorship' over active: Morningstar

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2025
... research by Morningstar also found most ASX-listed asset managers have underperformed the ASX 200 Total Return Index since the start of 2025. Challenger and Insignia Financial were the consistent outperformers.

Super moves: Future Fund, Bupa, QIC, HESTA, Prime Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
A long-serving Perpetual executive will relocate to Queensland next month to join QIC, overseeing its 900-strong global team. Paul Chasemore has been appointed chief people & culture officer, effective 1 December 2025. Chasemore spent 18 years at Sydney-based ...

MBS Insurance partners with Orbital Life

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2025
Risk insurance specialist MBS Insurance (MBS) has acquired a minority interest in boutique risk advisory firm Orbital Life. The partnership will enhance MBS's capacity to provide professional advice and make quality insurance advice more accessible ...

Barings appoints new head of APAC

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2025
Barings has appointed Alastair Wright as head of Asia Pacific (APAC), to start in the role in January 2026. Wright succeeds Duncan Robertson, who will retire after 17 years with the global asset manager. Wright has been with Barings for 20 years, most ...

Industry bodies offer Payday Super resources

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2025
... industry. From now until the end of 2025, GNGB chief executive Michelle Bower said "will be extremely busy" as super funds start on software builds and employers clean up their data. The next phase will involve testing new systems and processes and reviewing ...

Perennial snaps up 50% of Balmoral, hands over microcap mandate

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2025
Perennial Partners has acquired half of Balmoral Investors and chosen it to manage its Australian microcap strategy. Balmoral portfolio managers Wik Farwerck and Tim Canham will manage the combined funds of both asset managers, totaling more than $150 ...

Vale Ken Atchison

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2025
... independent thinking, strategic clarity, and a firm belief in backing good people. Many of us, past and present, got our start in this industry thanks to the mentorship of Ken," Atchison said on LinkedIn. "Over the next two decades, his leadership helped ...

Uniting Financial Services appoints chief executive

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2025
... Goerdeler (KPMG) and Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC). He also tenured at a boutique advisory and as the chief executive of an NFP start up. These roles spanned the UK and Europe as well as the US and South-East Asia, equipping Smith with internationally ...

ASIC considers 'cooling off period' for super switching

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
ASIC chair Joe Longo has said introducing "frictions" into the super switching process could help avoid a repeat of the First Guardian and Shield "catastrophe". "No one wants to preside over a problem like this if there are some potential solutions. ...

Vanguard proposes tax-free way to save extra cash

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
... Vanguard said the scheme could help households build financial resilience and deepen the capital pool in Australia. "We want to start a conversation about a real opportunity to motivate young Australians to move excess cash - which offers limited returns ...