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Aware Super appoints member strategy lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2024
... created communications, public affairs, and advocacy team, in addition to her current responsibilities. Group executive for finance, strategy, and transformation Tim Elliot will depart after seven years at Aware.

Arena welcomes chief investment officer

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2024
... infrastructure investor John Laing. Prior to that, he was director of infrastructure and projects group at KPMG's corporate finance unit and a project director at Lend Lease. "I am excited to be working with the Arena REIT team to contribute to the growth ...

More than 40% of women unprepared for retirement: CFS

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2024
About 44% of women are not financially prepared for retirement, according to Colonial First State. That's the key finding from the institution's consumer research, which showed a 13-percentage point gap compared to the 31% of men who feel the same. ...

Aware, Macquarie partner on green finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024
Aware Super has inked a US$50 million deal to buy a specialty infrastructure finance company alongside Macquarie Asset Management's (MAM) Green Investment Group (GIG). Aware's private equity team will co-invest in Galway Sustainable Capital ...

New chair for NZ Super Fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... here and who we are working for. That is a responsibility we take very seriously," Williamson said. Meantime, New Zealand finance minister Nicola Willis said of Drayton: "During her time as chair, the NZ Super Fund continued to outperform its long-term ...

Super funds in pole position for expanded advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... of the financial services industry," he said at the time. For banks to enter advice, RMIT University senior lecturer in finance and program manager My Nguyen said that they can leverage their existing customer base, data, and technology to provide low-cost ...

Five megatrends shaping financial services: McCrindle

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2024
Demographic change, virtuous consumerism, the grandparent economy, AI acceleration, and social reconnection are the five megatrends shaping the future of SMSF and financial services businesses, according to McCrindle Research principal Mark McCrindle. ...

ANZ gets green light for Suncorp merger

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2024
... affordability will be significantly strengthened through dedicated investment as a pureplay insurance company," Johnston said. The Finance Sector Union (FSU) said it opposes the takeover. "The continual erosion of competition is bad for consumers and ...

Commonwealth Bank slapped with $10.3m fine for wage theft

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2024
... its involvement in wage theft which led to $16 million in underpayments to over 7400 workers. The case emerged after the Finance Sector Union (FSU) uncovered the bank's systematic underpayments through individual flexibility arrangements (IFAs) ...

AIA adds to C-suite lineup

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 FEB 2024
... while Anna Livingston has been named chief people and culture officer. Turner boasts over 20 years of experience in senior finance leadership roles, most recently serving as executive director of central operations at the University of Sydney. She has ...