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HESTA, Vision Super divest Israeli securities

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2025
... investments in controversial weapons companies linked to the conflict. Across the ditch, its counterpart the New Zealand Super Fund (NZSF), has also been criticised for its holdings in Israeli companies and bonds. Myra Williamson, a senior lecture of ...

Guardians appoints new head of risk

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2025
The Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation, manager of the New Zealand Superannuation Fund, has announced Maaike van Tol as the new head of risk. Van Tol will begin her new position on September 29, after over a year with the Guardians' asset allocation ...

NZ Super delivers 11.84%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2025
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has delivered a pre-tax return of 11.84% after costs for the year ended 30 June 2025. Total fund size was up $8.4 billion from a year earlier, ending the 2025 financial year at $85.1 billion. Guardians of New Zealand ...

Industry groups hammer out guidance on tax-deductible advice fees

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA), in consultation with leading accounting bodies, has released new guidance on tax-deductible advice fees. The guidance follows the release of the ATO Tax Determination in September last year, which the ...

State insurer names new CIO as government review looms

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
... "deep investment expertise" and noted his "institutional knowledge" following a career at the Guardians of the New Zealand Super Fund. The investment chief oversees one of the world's more unusual mandates: generating returns from a fund designed ...

NZ Super appoints inaugural chief operating officer

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
The Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation, manager of NZ Super Fund, has promoted Paula Steed to the newly created position of chief operating officer. The appointment combines Steed's current role of general manager technology and general manager ...

NZ Super recognised for two decades of outperformance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund is the world's best-performing sovereign wealth fund over the past 20 years. That's according to GlobalSWF's annual rankings, which found NZ Super Fund's returns over the 20 years to June 2024 significantly outperformed ...

NZ Super commits NZ$50m to private equity manager

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has committed a further NZ$50 million ($45.2 million) to a private equity investment manager's strategy investing in Australian and New Zealand companies. The super fund has invested into Direct Capital's ...

RQI hires research duo

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
RQI Investors, an active quant equities manager within First Sentier Investors, has strengthened its research team with two hires. Based in Sydney, Tom Marty and Alex Kiechle-Cornish will report to Ron Guido, senior quantitative portfolio manager and ...

Sue Brake joins NZ Super, Lisa Gray departs VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
... officer, Stephen Gilmore, now investment chief at CalPERS, spent nine years at the Future Fund before joining New Zealand Super. Brake is an experienced practitioner of TPA. The incoming NZ Super director recently told a conference that its edge over ...