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Rest calls for advice reforms, extending SG

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2025
Rest has called on the Australian government to implement reforms that it says are critical to make the super system fairer. The super fund released its 2025-26 pre-Budget submission, which outlined 10 key recommendations. These recommendations included ...

VFMC wraps up leadership changes

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) has fine-tuned its absolute returns team following an overhaul of the investment function late last year. The absolute returns team manages private credit and hedge fund exposures within client portfolios. ...

Orbis recruits investment specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
Orbis Investments, the contrarian equity manager with $62 billion assets under management, has hired an investment specialist to work with its local client team. Based in Melbourne, Werner du Preez will oversee Orbis' relationships with research ...

Realm House hires from Plato

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
A former Plato Investment Management credit specialist has joined contrarian credit and fixed income manager Realm Investment House. Simon Tung has been appointed portfolio manager within the boutique asset manager's strategy and risk division. ...

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 ...

WA best performing state, but economic growth lags

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
Western Australia snatched the title of the country's best performing economy in the September quarter, ranking first in five of the eight economic indicators assessed in the CommSec State of States report. The state claimed the top spot twice over ...

Rest appoints first-ever chief of staff

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025
Rest has appointed a senior wealth management leader and superannuation expert from Insignia Financial to take the reins as chief of staff. The $93 billion industry with around two million members said the appointee, Gideon Lipman, will help the fund ...

Iress expands wealth team with multiple new roles

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
Iress has expanded its APAC wealth propositions team with several newly created roles, including a general manager of wealth propositions, head of partnerships, and head of digital advice. The financial services software business announced the appointment ...

Natixis, Generali merger creates $3.2tn fund manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
Natixis Investment Managers will combine with Generali Investments Holdings (GIH) to create a behemoth with €1.9 trillion ($3.2tn) in assets under management (AUM). The Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Natixis' owner BPCE and GIH's ...

Super moves: Future Fund, QIC, Vanguard Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
Max Gill has been promoted to senior portfolio analyst with QIC's state investments team. Gill joined the Queensland Government's $68 billion investment arm six years ago working initially with the global multi-asset team followed by the state ...