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Super moves: HESTA, Nest, Resolution Life, NZ Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
... assets on behalf of 13+ million members." Elsewhere, investment strategist Madeleine Barrow has left Resolution Life Australasia for HESTA, following Resolution Life's merger with MLC Life Insurance to form Acenda. Barrow most recently worked as ...

PPS Mutual appoints head of distribution

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2025
... his family. Waller was previously the general manager of business partnerships and underwriting at Resolution Life Australasia for more than two years. He has also worked at AMP, Asteron Life, OnePath and ING Australia. Waller will lead PPS Mutual's ...

BlackRock to launch first active income-focused ETF

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2025
... creates a diverse set of opportunities for the portfolio." Meantime, BlackRock head of global product solutions for Australasia Steve Ead said: "Active ETFs are reshaping how investors access fixed income. With the launch of IACT earlier this year and ...

Sustainable investments jump 49% in two years

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2025
... will remain incentivised to exacerbate climate change rather than address it. The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) co-chief executive Estelle Parker said investors are increasingly taking their responsibility to understand investee ...

HESTA, Vision Super divest Israeli securities

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2025
... the world's data on the impact of business activities on human rights." The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) said it partners with four ESG data providers to help determine its certifications. "It comes down to what a product ...

Schroders Australia chief executive to retire, successor named

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
... Zealand Alison Telfer will succeed Doyle as chief executive in February 2026. In relation to Telfer's departure, UBS Australasia joint country head and chief operating officer Nick Hughes has been appointed to the role in the interim. Telfer will ...

BlackRock confirms Bitcoin ETF launch

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2025
... Bitcoin without the technical and operational complexities of holding the asset directly, BlackRock said. BlackRock Australasia director of institutional client business Tamara Stats said the new ETF responds to growing interest from institutional investors ...

Acenda confirms leadership team

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2025
... assembled its leadership team, to be effective upon completion of the merger between MLC Life and Resolution Life Australasia at the end of the month. Sean McCormack has been appointed group chief commercial officer. He will oversee the insurer's product ...

FINSIA's struggle to find scale

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
The Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA) has a more than 135-year history in Australia. It was formed in 2005 by the merger of the Australasian Institute of Banking and Finance, which was established by a group of bankers in 1886, and ...

Ironbark snaps up trio of hires to supercharge wholesale team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2025
... in the wealth distribution team at BlackRock, where she held senior roles including head of strategic clients for Australasia and head of key accounts. She previously worked at Vanguard Australia for four years and Macquarie Group for four years. Ironbark ...