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HESTA, Vision Super divest Israeli securities

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2025
... illegal occupation or manufacturing weapons. This means we do not currently invest in any company identified in the military, heavy equipment, construction, transport, energy or tourism sectors within this year's OHCHR report." In a note to members ...

Hiring blitz continues at Ascalon

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
Ascalon Capital has appointed an industry heavyweight to oversee business partnerships, marking the latest addition to the firm's senior leadership team. In his new role, Guy Ballard will oversee platform and fund relationships, distribution, practice ...

Future Fund recruits energy heavyweight

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
Australia's sovereign wealth fund has appointed an experienced energy executive to lead its energy transition strategy. Kay Stuart joins as executive director of energy transition and will sit within the Future Fund's real assets team. Stuart ...

Morningstar calls out platform TDPs' use of rebates

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2025
... superannuation performance test by tweaking rebates. Morningstar's report Putting the performance test to the test shows a heavy concentration of products sitting just above the pass mark of -0.5% per year. Of the 75 products with test results disclosed ...

Australian economy 'at a crossroads': CBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2025
... reciprocal rates. The US economy is absorbing tariffs with little impact on consumer inflation to date, but employment in import-heavy sectors has weakened. In addition, China's growth has slowed, prompting further fiscal support, while Europe faces ...

ART private equity lead heads for Middle East

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
Australian Retirement Trust's private equity lead is leaving the superannuation fund to take on a role with an investment fund based in the Middle East. Adam Murphy, who has been with ART for nearly a decade, declined to name his new employer. The ...

Mercer hires chief for Kiwi business

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
A former Smartshares chief executive has taken the reins at Mercer's New Zealand business, Anna Scott will spearhead Mercer's operations across New Zealand, working closely with local and regional teams to further develop the firm's capabilities ...

Full automation key for business success, but not investments

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2025
... most major processes are at least partially automated. Rules, templates, and system-to-system data flows are doing more heavy lifting," the report said. "There is still room to grow toward full automation, but the direction is clear, and AI is accelerating ...

GROW recruits HESTA exec to lead product push

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2025
Superannuation administrator GROW Inc has secured two heavyweight hires to spearhead its people and product functions. Trevin Erichsen has been named chief product officer, with HR specialist Marcus Waterreus taking on the role of chief people officer. ...

QIC backs first-of-its-kind battery supply chain in Qld

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2025
QIC, by way of a senior secured loan facility, has invested $10 million in Vecco group on a critical minerals project. In partnership with industrial heavyweight Idemitsu Australia, the funding will progress the fully integrated mining and processing ...