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BUSSQ investment chief exits

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
... Laity has spent almost two decades working in the superannuation sector. He has previously served as head of equities at State Super and TCorp, as well as head of investments at ESSSuper. More recently, he held portfolio management roles at ANZ Wealth ...

Frontier recruits operating chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
... appointed a senior executive to oversee its expanded operations following its absorption of a 15-strong investment team from State Super. Louise Hulley will join Frontier as its first chief operations officer. The appointment follows the completion of ...

Super moves: Aware, VFMC, CareSuper, UniSuper, NGS

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
... Funds Management Corporation's chief finance and risk officer has resigned from the role after three years with the state-owned investment manager. VFMC said Shanley decided to step away from full-time executive life as of December 2025 and the incoming ...

Cbus operations chief heads for exit

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
The chief operating officer at Cbus will leave the fund this month. A spokesperson for Cbus confirmed Nancy Day has resigned as chief operating officer of the $105 billion super fund. Day joined Cbus in August 2018 as head of investment operations before ...

Fund managers remain bullish on AI for 2026

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2025
... us for AI spending, while ultimately demand for compute catches up with the ability to supply that compute," Moore said. State Street Investment Management senior strategist Clive Maguchu said the asset manager remains positive on the fundamentals of ...

BlackRock loses $8.9bn pension fund mandate

MATT TOLEDO  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... In March, AkademikerPension, the Danish pension for academics, terminated a 3.2-billion-Danish-Krone ($759m) mandate with State Street due to ESG misalignment, and U.K.-based defined contribution master trust The People's Pension terminated a 28-billion-pound ...

South Korea looks to Australia for next sovereign wealth fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
... to promote investment in high-tech industries, like artificial intelligence and robotics, it said. Currently, regulations state that a holding company's second-tier subsidiary must own 100% of any third-tier subsidiaries. This will be reduced to a minimum ...

Hearts & Minds, WAM slash stakes in Corporate Travel Management

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
Hearts & Minds Investments (HM1) is the latest fund manager to write off its stake in the beleaguered Corporate Travel Management (CTD), while Wilson Asset Management slashed its value by 50%. The ASX-listed travel and accommodation agency services ...

ASIC suspends MW Planning AFSL over missing responsible manager

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
ASIC has suspended the Australian financial services licence (AFSL) of MW Planning, a subsidiary of MWL Financial Group, after it failed to appoint a new responsible manager. The AFSL is suspended until 8 June 2026. ASIC said MW Planning failed to fulfil ...

Super moves: AustralianSuper, UniSuper, Team Super, CFS, TAL

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
... Impact Fund Elsewhere, Christopher Ching has started a new position as a multi-asset investment specialist at Colonial First State. With over 15 years of financial services experience, Ching is responsible for promoting equity strategies - both domestic ...