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Nambawan Super taps former Prime Super boss for top job

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
Papua New Guinea's Nambawan Super has appointed a new chief executive, naming Australian superannuation veteran Lachlan Baird to lead the country's largest defined contribution government fund. Baird brings more than two decades of superannuation ...

BlackRock loses $8.9bn pension fund mandate

MATT TOLEDO  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
PME Pensioenfonds, a Dutch pension fund with $105 billion in assets, has terminated an $8.9 billion equity mandate with BlackRock due to the manager's misalignment with the fund's environmental, social and governance framework. According to a release ...

Australia's 'Super 6' embrace total portfolio approach: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
... the Thinking Ahead Institute's latest report shows, as they increasingly adopt a total portfolio approach (TPA). The Asset Owner 100 report labelled the top super funds based on asset size as the "Super 6," noting that they are featuring more prominently ...

AustralianSuper axes mid risk role

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
AustralianSuper has nixed several executive roles in its private markets team as it shifts towards external managers. The cuts are focused on the fund's mid risk business, which invests in infrastructure, property and private credit. Jessica Melville's ...

Former Pendal insto lead quits Citi

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
Citi's institutional sales head is leaving for the nation's largest bank to manage key relationships with superannuation funds, sponsors, asset managers and insurers. Nicki Ashton is set to join Commonwealth Bank as a global relationship manager ...

Future Fund rethinks portfolio amid 'greater uncertainty'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2025
Australia's sovereign wealth fund has outlined how the investment landscape has shifted and how it has rethought its portfolio construction amid greater global uncertainty. In its most recent Position Paper, Future Fund said it has been thinking "more ...

Global resilience is a key systemic risk: HESTA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2025
HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey told the recent ASFA Conference 2025 that the super fund has been considering global resilience as a key thematic when making responsible investment decisions. "We see this as a systemic risk, the same as climate change ...

Sustainable investments jump 49% in two years

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2025
Sustainable investments have reached US$16.7 trillion, jumping 49% over the last two years, according to the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance (GSIA), finding that the sector has moved from a "niche practice to a systemic consideration." Despite ...

Key roles vacant as NZ Super prepares for growth

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... pension fund manager APG. Established in December 2024 to explore co-investment opportunities, the APG Infrastructure Asset Owner Fund I made no investments and has since been dissolved. The overhaul coincides with the exit of private markets specialist ...

Ex Rest Super exec takes on regional gig

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
... global financial digital platform and market data provider, where he will provide strategic thought leadership in the asset owner space while working with executives at superannuation, pension and sovereign wealth funds across the region. Leck has spent ...