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AustralianSuper under investigation for delayed death benefit payouts

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025
AustralianSuper is being investigated by ASIC over delays in paying out death benefits, after it remediated members last year. AustralianSuper announced last November that it would compensate around 7000 beneficiaries with $4.2 million for death benefit ...

Coller Capital launches first-of-its-kind strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025
Several months on from debuting its private equity secondaries fund, Coller Capital has unveiled the Coller Private Credit Secondaries Fund for individual investors in Australia. Catering to high-net-worth investors, the "first of its kind" fund will ...

Mercer appoints chief investment officer from TelstraSuper

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025
Mercer has appointed TelstraSuper's long-serving chief investment officer Graeme Miller to a newly created role in its super fund. Miller will take on the role of chief investment officer at Mercer Super, overseeing its investment strategy design ...

Fixed income drives managed fund surge

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025
New Calastone data has found managed funds inflows grew five-fold in 2024, reaching $13.8 billion, with nearly all directed to fixed income funds. Globally, fund flows also saw a substantial increase. Fixed income, equity and mixed asset funds attracted ...

Trump orders creation of US sovereign wealth fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2025
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order calling for the creation of a sovereign wealth fund. The executive order directs US secretary of the treasury Scott Bessent, who was sworn in last week by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh ...

TenCap hedge fund eyes $3bn AUM

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2025
Jun Bei Liu is ambitiously setting her sights on doubling the size of her hedge fund to $3 billion as it launches under a new outfit, TenCap. On February 1, the Tribeca Alpha Plus Fund became the TenCap Alpha Plus Fund following Liu's separation ...

Workplace expert joins Aware Super in new role

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
Aware Super has appointed Breckon Jones to the newly created role of head of growth, talent, and reward. Jones joins the $190 billion superannuation fund from iCare NSW, which manages the insurance and care services to the people, businesses and communities ...

Victorian SMSF auditor fails to overturn disqualification

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
A Victorian-based self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) auditor will remain disqualified after he failed to overturn ASIC's initial verdict. ASIC originally disqualified Nazrul Islam, of Clayton South in Victoria, from being an approved SMSF auditor ...

Private credit asset manager launches $100m strategic capital fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
Global Credit Investments (GCI) has launched a $100 million strategic fund, the first in a new series, designed to provide tailored financing for mid-market businesses. The fund, which has already closed its first investment of $28.3 million - partially ...

Insignia Financial appoints chief technology officer

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
Insignia Financial has appointed a new chief technology officer, promoting from within. Damien O'Donnell has commenced in the role, replacing acting chief technology officer Frank Lombardo who was in the role for the past six months. O'Donnell brings ...