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Pre-retirees worry about political risks: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2021
While Australians believe they are well prepared for retirement, many are worried about the political risks they face once they are retired, research suggests. Illness remains the biggest worry Aussies face in their later years, but regulatory changes ...

Magellan chief executive resigns

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2021
The chief executive of Magellan, Brett Cairns, has resigned for personal reasons. The fund manager's chief financial officer Kristen Morton is stepping in as interim chief executive. Morton has been chief financial officer at Magellan for more than ...

QSuper, Sunsuper unveil rebrand

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2021
QSuper and Sunsuper unveiled a new name ahead of their planned merger, set to finalise early next year. The combined $230 billion super fund will be known as Australian Retirement Trust. Sunsuper's 1.4 million members will become members of Australian ...

Robeco launches new sustainable index fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2021
Robeco Australia launched the Robeco Global Developed Sustainable Enhanced Index Equity Fund. The fund aims to achieve a higher ESG score than its benchmark, the MSCI World Index. Specifically, it is focussed on ESG issues including reducing the environmental ...

Iress to take admin reigns at ESSSuper

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2021
After more than two years in the making, ESSSuper will officially cease as its own administrator in March 2022 and hand the function over to Iress. ESSSuper and Iress have been working together since late 2019 on Project Voyager, a strategic initiative ...

AvSuper hunts merger partner, launches EOI process

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2021
AvSuper today advised it has invited a select number of super funds to discuss a potential merger, having determined it would be in the best interests of members to do so. The launch of an Expression of Interest process comes after AvSuper's MySuper ...

Milford makes significant board appointment

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2021
Milford Asset Management has announced that former Bankers Trust chief executive Gavin Walker will join the board as a director. A seasoned financial services executive, Walker has spent the better part of his career in the financial services industry ...

Mine Super appoints chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021
Mine Super has named its new chief executive following the departure of Harry Mitchell in March this year. Vasyl Nair, who has been acting in the role since Mitchell's departure, has now been appointed to the role permanently. Mine Super chair Grahame ...

Next Macquarie chair announced

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021
Glenn Stevens has been appointed the next chair of Macquarie Group and Macquarie Bank following the retirement of Peter Warne. Stevens' appointment and Warne's retirement as a voting director on both boards will be effective in May 2022, following the ...

ESG overhaul for SSGA ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2021
State Street Global Advisors will roll out enhancements to four of its SPDR ETFs and, in the process, give Australian investors access to an ESG-focused global real estate ETF and reduced carbon emissions emerging markets ETF for the first time. From ...