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Stafford Capital establishes $1.8bn forestry fund

ELIZA BAVIN | FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025

Stafford Capital Partners has established a $1.8 billion (US$1.2bn) continuation vehicle, the Stafford International Timberland Continuation Fund. The continuation fund is a roll-up of three of Stafford's existing core timberland funds - Stafford International ...

Super moves: HESTA, Nest, Resolution Life, NZ Super

ELIZABETH FRY | THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025

... executive Michael Gordon, who has been reappointed to the board of Nest Pensions, the UK's largest workplace pension scheme with more than £50 billion in assets. Gordon, already a non-executive director of Nest Invest, brings decades of global investment ...

Royal London AM launches four new funds locally

ELIZA BAVIN | TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2025

Royal London Asset Management has announced the launch of four new funds for Australian investors, with Equity Trustees as responsible entity. Royal London Asset Management manages $378 billion for clients in the UK and select international locations ...

Super SA introduces indexed options

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | MONDAY, 24 NOV 2025

... 4 May 1994. Before this it was the Lump Sum Scheme, which is still running, and prior to 30 May 1986 it was the Pension Scheme. Members can also choose to direct their retirement savings into Super SA Select, which offers some benefits the Triple S scheme ...

UK treasury provides guidance on local pension consolidation

MATT TOLEDO | FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025

... law through the Pension Schemes Bill, expected to be introduced this summer. The deadline for local government pension scheme asset pooling is March 2026. According to the Pension Investment Review, the Pension Scheme Bill could give the government reserve ...

Canada pension fund hires ex-CalPERS CIO

ELIZABETH FRY | THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025

Canada's largest pension scheme has hired a former CalPERS investment chief who famously led a big push into private equity and private debt. The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has confirmed the appointment of Ben Meng as head of investment ...

Colonial First State loses private markets manager

ELIZABETH FRY | THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025

... senior analyst at BT Financial Group and Morningstar. Much earlier in his career, he worked at the London-based BT Pension Scheme Management, Credit Suisse and Schroders.

Canadian pension fund names new CIO

ELIZABETH FRY | THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025

... working with entrepreneurs, and managing a diversity of stakeholders" make him well-positioned "to lead CGF." The pension scheme returned 7.2% for the 2024 fiscal year. Its five and ten-year net annualised returns were 7.95% and 8.3%, respectively.

UK to follow Australia's lead in creating megafunds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024

... invested in local communities, the government said. By the end of the decade, it's expected the UK's Local Government Pension Scheme and Defined Contribution market would hit $2.54 trillion (£1.3tn). However, it currently lacks the size needed to invest ...

Nest plans retirement income play

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2024

Nest, the UK's largest defined contribution workplace pension scheme by members, will work with WTW and Hymans Robertson to develop a retirement offering. It's estimated that in the coming years one in three UK workers will have pension savings with ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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