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NGS Super sets up impact committee

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
The $11.7 billion superannuation fund has set up an internal impact committee to explore how it can make a positive impact in its operational spending. NGS Super's impact committee will focus on two key areas: social procurement and sustainability and ...

Beware the retirement trap

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
New analysis from BetaShares superannuation and the age pension can have undesirable outcomes for some retirees, forcing them to ensure they have at least $600,000 squirrelled away ahead of retirement. BetaShares senior investment specialist Roger Cohen's ...

Technology to transform coming decades

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
New technologies such as artificial intelligence, data analytics, blockchain and the internet of things (IoT) are set to radically transform and disrupt markets and economies. That's according to the latest research from KPMG and the Australian National ...

American private debt fund eyes Australia

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
A private debt manager with stellar past returns, is eyeing local superannuation funds as it starts to raise for a new fund. Victory Park Capital, headquartered in Chicago, is best known in the US for lending to financial services companies, focused ...

Super fund adds first operations lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
The longstanding operations lead at a major superannuation fund has resigned, taking on a newly created executive role at a much smaller industry fund. UniSuper's general manager, operations Steven Leach departed the fund this month after almost ...

Spaceship goes on executive hiring spree

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
Spaceship has boosted its executive team through the appointment of three executives, including a former leader of Macquarie and Bennelong Asset Management. In a move designed to shore up its systems and drive growth, Spaceship has made three c-suite ...

Super fund names advice head

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
The executive manager of distribution at VicSuper has jumped to a $55 billion industry fund to lead its advice and education function. Josh Parisotto has stepped into the chief advice officer role at HESTA, beginning on 13 January 2020. He joins from ...

Investment boutique makes PIMCO hire

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
A boutique fixed income investment manager has announced the appointment of a former PIMCO leader to its investment team. Dr. Laura Ryan has nabbed the newly created role of head of research at Ardea Investment Management, tasked with building a new ...

Future of life insurance in doubt: APRA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority released its look-back at 2019, making special mention of tough times for the life insurance industry and questioning its sustainability. "Australia's life insurance sector faced deteriorating conditions ...

Why women struggle in financial advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2020
New research points the finger at conflicted remuneration as one of the factors keeping women out of the financial advice industry. The University of Otago in New Zealand and RMIT University in Melbourne have collaborated to explore why so many fewer ...