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GigSuper folds, administrator takes over

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2022
Startup superannuation fund GigSuper is now in administration less than five years after it launched. DW Advisory was appointed as administrator on 10 December 2021. DW Advisory held a creditors' meeting on January 22 online, detailing the financial ...

Big tech, interest rates dominate reporting season

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2022
Interest rate speculation and big tech were the hottest topics among investors in the latest round of Australia's reporting season. Demographic changes and digital advancements continue to prop up opportunities for technology, with the sector supporting ...

HUB24 completes Class acquisition

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2022
HUB24's acquisition of self-managed super fund technology provider Class has finalised. The platform announced the takeover in October 2021 and folded the technology firm into a new business unit this month. The acquisition saw Class chief executive ...

AustralianSuper hires for UK leadership

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2022
AustralianSuper has named a head of people and culture, international as it looks to boost its staff numbers offshore. AustralianSuper has appointed Pip Leonard head of people and culture, international ahead of shifting more staff offshore in line ...

Private debt and YFYS: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2022
Scenario analysis from Schroders indicates that an Australian private debt portfolio could have outperformed the Your Future, Your Super fixed income benchmark. The analysis performed by Schroders alternatives director Claire Smith showed it would have ...

Magellan promises better investment performance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2022
After a turbulent six months, Magellan Financial Group acknowledged it needs to improve its investment performance. Releasing its half-year results this morning, Magellan interim chief executive Kirsten Morton assured investors that the "financial health ...

Hostplus and Maritime Super explore merger

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2022
Hostplus and Maritime Super have signed a memorandum of understanding, entering into merger discussions. The funds have an existing partnership, Maritime Super entered into a strategic outsourcing arrangement by moving the management of its investment ...

Australian market praised in latest pension study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022
Global pension fund assets have doubled in the last decade, with Australia's pension assets growing by 11.6% in 2021 and seeing it described as "the most successful pensions market". The latest Global Pension Assets Study from Willis Towers Watson's ...

What fund selectors want: Natixis

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2022
The latest Natixis Investment Management professional fund selector survey reveals what fund selectors at leading wealth management, private bank, and insurance platforms around the world are looking for. The survey asked 436 fund selectors what they ...

Vision Super adds to board

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2022
Vision Super welcomed a new member of the board whose experience spans the private and public sectors. The industry super fund appointed Vijaya (VJ) Vaidyanath to its board on January 1. Vaidyanath is the former chief executive of the City of Yarra ...