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Legalsuper hunts for CIO

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
Legalsuper is looking for a new investment chief, following the resignation of Paul Murray who departed the industry fund just nine months into the job. Chief executive Luke Symons confirmed that Murray resigned from the fund on 20 December 2024 for ...

Major climate group suspends operations

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2025
... to clients last week, BlackRock said its membership "caused confusion regarding BlackRock's practices and subjected us to legal inquiries from various public officials". In November 2024, the firm was named in a Texas lawsuit alongside State Street and ...

Perpetual awards mandate to Equity Trustees

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2025
... March 2025 from Perpetual for the Select Super Plan and Select Pension Plan. This is still subject to the parties finalising legal agreements. Perpetual said its decision to retire as trustee "follows a comprehensive review and has been made after considering ...

AustralianSuper wins fund of the year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2025
... time, for example, growth beyond member services and investment teams into areas such as risk, technology, data, finance, legal, and other enterprise functions. He also said the fund has also made deliberate choices in its operating model to be either ...

Traders left scrambling over ASX settlement outage

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 23 DEC 2024
... recently announced $270 million to $320 million will be needed to refresh the outdated the system. It also follows ASIC's legal proceeding against the ASX in August regarding the CHESS replacement project, alleging the exchange made misleading or ...

What you read in 2024

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
... also garnered interest. But there were also some industry scandals that got tongues wagging, primarily when things took a legal turn. Here were the top stories for 2024: Highest paid industry executives revealed (February 9) Australia's highest paid ...

Real Asset Management taps DWS sales exec

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
... asset manager. He also served as head of index and multi-asset distribution for LGIM in London, part of the FTSE 100-listed Legal & General Group. He previously held senior roles at MSCI Inc, Citigroup and Suncorp Group. RAM group chief executive Scott ...

Insignia rejects Bain Capital takeover proposal

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2024
... committee. Insignia engaged Citigroup and Gresham Advisory Partners as its financial advisers and King & Wood Mallesons as its legal adviser. Its shareholders aren't required to take any action in relation to the indicative proposal. Yesterday, Insignia ...

ASIC sues HSBC Australia over $23m scam losses

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2024
ASIC has launched legal proceedings against HSBC Bank Australia in the Federal Court, alleging the latter failed to "adequately protect customers", resulting in losses of about $23 million through nearly 1000 unauthorised transactions. ASIC said the ...

Top superannuation policy priorities for 2025: SMC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2024
... nomination can be difficult for some members. However, despite this, having a valid nomination is crucial for providing legal clarity on where to pay a benefit in the event of death. "Bringing the nomination process online makes it a much simpler process ...