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Sunsuper, QSuper confirm merger talks

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2019
The two industry funds are in talks over a possible merger, one which would see the creation of Australia's largest superannuation fund. Queensland-based industry superannuation funds Sunsuper and QSuper have confirmed they are locked in discussions ...

Cbus veteran moves to APRA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... governance at the fund. She previously was in the role of public policy advisor. Barrett has held roles at ESSSuper, the Department of Treasury and Finance Victoria and APRA previously.

Chief economist update: Synchronised forecasts for a synchronised slowdown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2019
... not carry "special envoy" title. Delegaton also cut short stay in Washington by one night," it said. "[US] Commerce Department placed eight Chinese tech firms to entity list, barring purchases of parts and components from firms without US government ...

AMP, HESTA, Hostplus lose out in ratings

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
... named in the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investing Leadership Group and in September was named by the Department of Environment and Energy as Carbon Neutral for emissions produced from its business operations. The Ethical Advisers' ...

Chief economist update: Time for a Keynes comeback

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
... International Settlements' (BIS) - the so-called central bank of central banks - head of the monetary and economic department Claudio Borio: "The room for monetary policy maneuver has narrowed further. Should a downturn materialise, monetary policy ...

La Trobe Financial expands executive team

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
... Poor's, where he worked for 10 years across their municipal bond, financial institutes and structured finance rating department. Following this, he worked with the National Australia Bank as head of asset backed securities and structured credit operations ...

First carbon neutral super fund named

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
The Federal Department of Environment and Energy has certified a $50 billion superannuation fund as Australia's first carbon neutral fund. HESTA is the first super fund to be certified carbon neutral for emissions produced from its operations. Chief ...

Former Equip chief joins Cbus

KARREN VERGARA, KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019
... previously managed internal audit risk consulting at KPMG Australia for eight years. Walker joins from Victoria's Department of Health and Human Services, where she was director of customer support for the past year and a half. Cbus chief executive ...

AustralianSuper hires from VFMC

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019
... portfolio manager, equities strategy and portfolio construction. "Justin will add leadership bandwidth to the equities department, with a particular focus on our strategy research of equity markets, portfolio construction of the overall portfolio and ...

Complex retirement system requires simplicity: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
A new report is putting forth key reforms needed to make superannuation fairer and more efficient ahead of the Federal Government's review of the retirement income system. The Actuaries Institute outlined a number of reforms needed to help fix the ...