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Wayne Swan joins AIST board

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2022
The AIST has announced the dual board appointment of the former federal treasurer and deputy prime minister alongside AustralianSuper executive Sarah Adams. Swan, the chair of Cbus, and Adams, the group executive strategy, reputation & corporate affairs ...

Vale Tom McDonald

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2022
... in 1992 by the Keating Government. The building unions' fund, the prototype of industry super funds, was initially called BUSS (which merged with an allied fund AUST in 1994 to become Cbus). McDonald was a founding trustee director of BUSS. Within six ...

Thirty-eight super funds face sustainability issues: APRA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2022
APRA has named the superannuation funds it believes face immediate sustainability issues, with 38 of 78 funds declining on all metrics measured. APRA looked at the three sustainability metrics in the 2021 MySuper and Choice heatmaps; member accounts ...

HESTA leads trustee board diversity

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021
Superannuation fund HESTA has the highest number of women on its trustee board with nine females versus five males. An analysis of APRA's fund-level superannuation data as at June 2021 shows the $67 billion fund has tipped the gender imbalance as ...

FEAL welcomes new board directors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2021
The chief executives of Funds SA and BUSSQ have joined the board of the Fund Executives Association Ltd, replacing two long-serving directors. Effective July 1, Funds SA chief executive Jo Townsend and BUSSQ chief Damian Wills are now directors on the ...

BUSSQ extends Link contract

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2021
The $5.6 billion industry fund has extended its existing contract with Link Group for further five years as fund administrator. BUSSQ said Link won the tender again due to its continued commitment to technology that in turn improves the fund's 60,000 ...

Best MySuper options by risk-adjusted returns

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
Australian Ethical, Aware Super and BUSSQ are the top three performers in MySuper, when risk adjusted returns are considered. Rainmaker calculated a combined risk-adjusted rank for MySuper options, incorporating their average percentile scores in Sharpe ...

BUSSQ appoints two executive managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
The $5 billion industry fund has appointed two executive managers. Camille Magee moved to executive manager, relationships, growth and advice, Financial Standard's sister publication Industry Moves confirmed. Magee has previously worked at Equipsuper ...

AMP launches super podcast

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2021
The wealth manager has launched a podcast aimed at breaking down technical superannuation topics to help more Australians understand the system. Simplifying Super will have six episodes that cover Australia's superannuation and retirement systems, tax ...

Women-led super funds outperform

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
New research shows superannuation funds with females holding an executive position continue to outperform male counterparts. Of the 50 super funds analysed in Rainmaker's annual W-Index, one-third of leadership roles such as chairs of the board ...