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Super moves: AustralianSuper,HESTA, Rest

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... spanning senior roles in both Australia and the United States. Alexander most recently served as principal of member and investments engagement after returning from New York, where she led AustralianSuper's US business. She relocated to the US in ...

Key roles vacant as NZ Super prepares for growth

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... investment opportunities, and allow us to make better-informed and more comparable decisions across both new and existing investments," a NZ Super spokesperson said. The new positions will take on responsibilities currently shared by the two chief investment ...

Drummond appoints chief commercial officer

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... go-to-market strategy for its first retirement solution. She has also held senior roles at PIMCO Australia and Zurich Investments, and earlier in her career worked as a derivatives trader in Dublin and London. The appointment comes as Drummond added ...

HESTA pays $40k fine for greenwashing

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... billion super fund made misleading statements in paid advertisements about its commitment to removing carbon emissions investments. ASIC said between 15 April 2021 to 18 December 2024, HESTA placed paid advertisements on the Google and Bing search platforms ...

Prime Super fined over tobacco exclusion claims

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... said. "Fund managers need to make sure that they accurately represent the nature of both their direct and indirect investments to allow consumers to make an informed choice." The fine was paid on October 31. Earlier this year, Prime Super closed its ...

Majority of SMSF establishments based on bad advice: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... licensees. This includes ASIC warning advisers they must not mis-sell an SMSF on the basis of having "control" over the investments and money. "Where clients have sought and/or are recommended to establish an SMSF on the basis of having greater control ...

Metrics supports efforts to raise standards in private credit

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... private credit sector revealed fund managers downplay risks of products and flout basic disclosure on the state of investments. ASIC's Report 820: Private credit surveillance: retail and wholesale funds said that some fund managers are potentially contravening ...

AZ NGA expands in South Australia

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... increased its stake in financial advice firm Geographe Financial Group, which has provided advice on superannuation, investments and insurance since 1976 for clients in Western Australia. AZ NGA group chief executive Paul Barrett said the partnership ...

Majority reject crypto investments in super fund: Swyftx

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... now have exposure. US President Donald Trump also signed an executive order earlier this year to expand alternative investments in 401(k) funds. Titman noted that there is "no lack of conviction" in the asset class from the personal interactions he has ...

Colonial First State, AIA agree $140m class action settlement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
... excessive insurance fees. The class action was launched by Shine Lawyers in January 2020 against Colonial First State Investments Limited (CFSIL) and Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society (CMLA), known as CommInsure and acquired by AIA Australia in ...