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Private markets demand cools: bfinance

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2024
Investors' appetite for private market strategies appears to be waning as capital raisings fail to keep pace with the frenzied demand in 2023. According to a new report from bfinance, Manager intelligence and market trends, global private markets ...

Another corporate fund bites the dust

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024
The Nissan Superannuation Plan will be wound up on July 31, almost 50 years on from its creation. The Nissan Superannuation Plan was created in 1977 to house the retirement savings of the car manufacturer's employees. It's existed in its current form ...

Spaceship appoints new chief risk officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024
... chief risk officer. Maan Beydoun joined Spaceship this month in the role, following three years in a similar role at employee management software firm Flare HR. He brings over two decades' experience in risk management and financial services, about half ...

CalSTRS appoints chief investment officer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2024
The California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) has named a chief investment officer to succeed Christopher Ailman, who announced his retirement in January after a long tenure. Scott Chan, who's served as deputy chief investment officer since ...

Rest adds to C-suite with new appointment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024
... outcome. "Through Amy's leadership as Rest's chief people officer we'll continue to mature our great work culture and employee experience. This will help us stay focused on our mission to make the experience of super simple for our two million members." ...

The unintended consequences of the four-day work week

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
... four-day work week potentially has unintended consequences that are inflationary, reduce productivity, and can lead to employee burnout. This is according to some experts who recently spoke at the Actuaries Institute 2024 Summit, pointing to several ...

Perpetual seals $2.18bn deal with KKR, chief to retire

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2024
Perpetual has agreed to divest its wealth management and corporate trust businesses to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) for $2.18 billion, pending shareholder approval. The deal will see the departure of Perpetual chief executive Rob Adams. The net proceeds ...

Farewell TelstraSuper: Largest corporate fund explores merger options

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024
TelstraSuper is searching for a merger partner, after its board concluded that size and scale are "increasingly important" to serving members' best financial interests. "The TelstraSuper Board see this as an exciting opportunity for members as we ...

UniSuper battles major system outage

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2024
UniSuper is working to resolve an ongoing system outage impacting the entire business, assuring disgruntled members it is not the result of a data breach. The $135 billion super fund's online systems have been disrupted this week, with its 665,000 ...

Men, women in same occupation drive pay gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2024
A whopping 80% of the gender pay gap can be attributed to women being paid less than men within the same occupation, a new economic analysis shows. After analysing tax data, economic research organisation E61 Institute compared men and women of similar ...