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Superannuation startup launches raise

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
A superannuation startup is pushing ahead with a retail raise to be followed by an institutional one next month. GigSuper is aiming to raise $100,000 to $400,000 from retail investors, in a crowdfunded equity campaign launched yesterday. The fund is ...

New buyers for Sargon businesses confirmed

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
Sargon's Diversa, CCSL and Tidswell businesses will be owned by New York-based buyers, who are committing to retaining Aussie jobs and have hired a Westpac and BT veteran for the board. New Yorker Teddy Wasserman of CloverHill Capital and Australian-origin ...

HESTA announces three GM appointments

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
The $50 billion industry fund appointed a new general manager for investment risk, while also announcing two internal leadership changes. HESTA has hired Matt Cameron as general manager - investment risk, while current employees Katrina Waghorne is ...

Super fund delays successor fund transfer

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... Rainmaker data. Perpetual is not the only trustee to delay a successor fund transfer of late. In March, Tasplan and MTAA Super, who committed to a merger late last year, moved back the date of the merger from 1 October 2020 to 31 March 2021, citing COVID-19. ...

AMP hangs on to AFLPA mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... the AFL Players' Association's longstanding partnership with AMP," Marsh said. "Through the review it was clear that AMP's super fund was the preferred option to support the unique requirements of AFL players." In renewing AMP, AFLPA is taking a different ...

How Cbus is servicing early release requests

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
Cbus chief investment officer Kristian Fok says the $56 billion fund is seeing a slowdown in early access requests, as members also start to reverse out of cash. As of Wednesday, Cbus had received 45,700 applications from its members to access their ...

Sargon buyers tap former PEXA chief as adviser

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
PEXA's founding chief executive is understood to be advising Teddy Wasserman, as he readies a new group structure for Sargon's operating businesses. Marcus Price was the chief executive of Property Exchange Australia from 2010 to October last ...

Future Fund not buying the oil dip

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... the way that we have a particular view, as a long term investor, to get that exposure." Among superannuation funds, Qantas Super held the biggest direct commodities exposure at $448 million last year, according to APRA data. In total, all superannuation ...

Northern Trust touts new ESG tool to instos

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
The fast-growing custodian is pitching a new ESG analytics tools to local superannuation funds and asset managers to track, compare and benchmark their ESG score. Northern Trust, which is best known in Australia as custodian to a number of public sector ...

BNY Mellon IM country head departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
BNY Mellon Investment Management's local country head has left after about five years with the company. Phil Filippelis headed distribution and client services for the business in Australia. Denis Gambi, who joined the company three years ago from ...