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Ausfood Super appoints chief executive

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025
Australian Food Super, the superannuation fund set up for employees in the meat industry, has named Michael Sykes as its new chief executive. Formerly known as the Australian Meat Industry Superannuation Trust or AMIST Super, the fund has $3 billion ...

Team Super names retirement chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025
... industry believed the chief retirement officer role would have the same prominence as say a chief investment officer. Australian Super and Australian Retirement Trust hired retirement chiefs as they sought to build their retirement offerings for members. ...

Hostplus names deputy CIO

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025
... experience with Hostplus would help a smooth transition into her new role. Michalakis will begin his role at the South Australian state-owned corporation next month, replacing Matt Kempton who has led the investment team for the last six months as acting ...

Chief executive misbehaviour stifles investment returns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025
... "this may lead to negative behaviour." In the past year, a series of high-profile management indiscretions impacted Australian listed companies, from misuse of company resources for personal gain - a case in point being MinRes founder Chris Ellison - ...

Australian Ethical 'cautious' on valuations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025
Australian Ethical is betting on the tech sector - and primarily artificial intelligence (AI) - being major themes for investors in 2025. Australian Ethical said while technology and AI drove market performance to new highs in 2024, it is looking for ...

Aussie billionaires make $67k per hour: Oxfam

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
Australian billionaires earn $67,000 an hour, according to a new report from Oxfam, which is 1300 times more than what everyday workers make. The 47 billionaires based in Australia saw their wealth rise by more than 8% or $28 billion last year, the ...

Australian Unity hires from Centuria

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
Australian Unity has appointed Vijitha Yogavaran to the newly created role of fund manager for its Healthcare Property Trust (AUHPT), effective 20 January 2025. Yogavaran will assume responsibility for the oversight, management and external representation ...

$3m super tax will level playing field: Australia Institute

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025
... richest 10% will receive just over $20 billion in superannuation taxation concessions. This at a time when around 23% of Australian retirees end their working lives in poverty, compared to 11.1% in Sweden and 3.8% in Norway," he said. "Superannuation ...

ETFs, global equities dominate retail portfolios: Data

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025
... platforms. Investment Trends senior analyst Yigit Gunhan said the data reflects a "strong wave of confidence" among Australian investors. "With sentiment at a 10-year high and returns expectations climbing, dormant investors are re-entering the market ...

VanEck to launch 'next evolution' long short ETF

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025
VanEck will list its first Australian equity long short ETF on the ASX, which aims to outperform the S&P/ASX 200. The VanEck Australian Long Short Complex ETF (ASX: ALFA) is an actively managed and high conviction Australian equity portfolio that targets ...