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VFMC names head of property

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2026
Victorian Funds Management Corporation has promoted Georgina Bishop to head of property, effective October this year. Bishop will transition into the role from Pete King who leaves VFMC later this year. "Delighted and proud to be handing on the baton," ...

Generation Life confirms personal information leaked in cyber incident

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2026
... Ratings were not affected. Last month, the annuity provider named Norlena Brouwer as its chief risk officer. She spent over a year as head of business risk and compliance for enablement, transformation and performance at Aware Super.

Aware Super ups stake in retirement village asset

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2026
... fund's infrastructure portfolio for future investment opportunities. Meantime, Aware Super has completed its major multi-year technology uplift, dubbed Project Odin. Aware Super chief investment officer Simon Warner said the completion of Odin marks ...

Sovereign wealth funds ramp up direct private investments

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2026
A new survey on global sovereign wealth funds (SWF) found assets under management allocated to private markets is becoming more active, with funds increasingly manage these exposures in-house than through third-party managers. The survey by Bain and ...

Advisers expect growth despite uphill challenges

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2026
... pressures, advisers remain optimistic, with local advice firms reporting assets under management growth of 14.4% over the past year and expect a further 13.8% in the year ahead. Natixis IM head of Australia and New Zealand Danny King said advisers are ...

Knight Frank names new South Australia managing director

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2026
Knight Frank has appointed Natasha Barron as managing director of South Australia, succeeding long-serving state leader Bobbette Scott as the commercial property group continues to strengthen it leadership team. Barron joins from Growthpoint Properties ...

Apex takes on Mercer's NZ fund admin business

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2026
... New Zealand. The latest transaction follows Apex's growing activity in the Australian administration market. Earlier this year, Apex announced it would acquire Mercers standalone Australian superannuation administration operations, integrating the administration ...

Inflation cools, RBA facing 'uncomfortable trade-off'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2026
... 2026, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "Annual CPI inflation in May was 4%, down from 4.2% in the year to April," ABS head of prices statistics Rachael McCririck said. "Trimmed mean annual inflation was 3.6% in the 12 months to ...

Pendal shutters Global Select Fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2026
... fund aimed to provide a return before fees, costs and taxes that exceeds the MSCI ACWI NR Index in AUD over rolling five-year periods. "We regularly review our product offerings and investment capabilities to ensure that our business continues to maintain ...

Small fee increases cost nest eggs $77k: Vanguard

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2026
... fee increases can cost members $77,000 in retirement. Full-time workers paying an extra 0.5 percentage points in fees each year can cost $77,000 by the time they reach retirement, Vanguard notes, calculating this to be equivalent to 12.5% of their total ...