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Apex to acquire Mercer's super admin business

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
... Workforce Solutions and Mercer Marsh Benefits". Mercer recently lost its administration mandate with NGS Super, with the fund transitioning to GROW Inc. It also lost a mandate with Australian Ethical and, in 2023, ANZ Staff Super. Apex has been ramping ...

HESTA records over $10bn in investment returns

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
... maintain a regular income stream for a dignified retirement." HESTA chief investment officer Sonya Sawtell-Rickson said the fund had capitalised on strong international market performance after an unsteady start to the year. "Bullish global equity market ...

WAM delivers standout 41% return in 2025

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
... portfolio performance for shareholders," WAM chair and chief investment officer Geoff Wilson said. Weick said in recent weeks the fund manager has seen a material shift in domestic investor sentiment as the outlook for inflation and interest rates has ...

Fund managers 'remarkably positive' despite headwinds: Frontier

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
... when assessing a fund manager. Fund managers performance was the second most important quality. Other key elements are the fund managers' investment process, being "ethical and trustworthy" and delivering net performance. The diversity of personnel and ...

First Super chief to join rival as investment head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
First Super chief executive Bill Watson will bid farewell to the fund for the paper, pulp and timber industries to take up a lead investment role. Watson is joining BUSSQ as chief investment officer, effective April. He has served as chief executive ...

China's two speed economies: Which one wins?

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
... deflationary woes. State Street Investment Management head of investment strategy and research for APAC Ninghui Liu said the fund manager remains underweight on China relative to the benchmark index. However, the weightage has improved compared to 2024. ...

Small win for First Guardian victims amid platform transition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
First Guardian victims who have been forced to remain members of the super funds that wronged them are now able to transfer out. Since the collapse of the investment scheme, members of AusPrac Super and YourChoice Super were essentially forced to remain ...

FEATURE | Recruitment: Laying foundations

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
... efficiencies do not occur straight away," Butt says. "Regarding investment capability, there is likely differences between the fund capabilities and investment methodologies - internal and external - and this streamlining process takes a long time with ...

ASIC sues BDO Audit for misleading statements

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
Ahead of Christmas, ASIC commenced civil penalty proceedings against BDO Audit (WA) and its director Dean Just alleging it made misleading statements, while failing to take reasonable steps to ensure reports were factually accurate for an ASX-listed ...

Most read in 2025: Executive appointments

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 DEC 2025
... long-serving senior executives. Greg Barnes, head of public markets, and Herbert Chang, head of capital markets, left the fund, and their roles were farmed out to other executives. AustralianSuper axes mid risk role AustralianSuper nixed several executive ...