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Cbus Super makes key ESG hire

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
... industry fund serving building and construction workers after a nine-month break. Previously, she was the head of ESG research for Australia and New Zealand at UBS, where she led the strategy for these markets. In that role, she developed thematic ESG ...

Magellan bolsters investment and distribution ranks

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
... equities and infrastructure bench. Andrew Dowling, who joins next month, will be based in Victoria focusing on advisers and research relationships. He brings over 25 years' experience, including 15 years at Fidelity, where he was most recently director ...

Robeco names Singapore country head

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
... transition Asian bond strategy, the regional fixed income team also oversees the emerging credits strategies and provides research on Asian credits to Robeco's global credits team.

Old challenges push asset managers to inflection point: Citi

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
... propositions in the future. The report, Rebooting the Global Asset Management Industry produced in conjunction with CREATE-Research, lays out many issues facing asset managers, with the majority (61%) citing the threat of passive investing as a key challenge. ...

Uncertainty propels investors towards active managers

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
... complexity, build resilience within portfolios, and identify compelling opportunities." Interestingly, the findings come as research shows active equity managers consistently struggle to outperform their related benchmarks in the face of several headwinds ...

SMC backs principles-based approach to corporate governance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... to advancing the interests of the millions of Australians with savings managed by profit-to-member super funds. "New research shows profit-to-member super funds with equal representation boards have consistently and significantly out-performed retail ...

Nominations open for 2025 Power50

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... members of their associations and combine that list with the list of nominations from the Financial Standard editorial and research teams. Financial Standard will also nominate outstanding advisers based on feature and profile stories we have published ...

ESSSuper, UniSuper spearhead member satisfaction

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... and this is emerging as a critical competitive edge. The challenge now is to sustain this momentum," Investment Trends research director Olivia Beringer said. Over the 12 months, super funds upped their investment in advertising, winning new members ...

Productivity woes endure in March quarter

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
Productivity, a concept treasurer Jim Chalmers recently described as too often seen as "cold" and "almost soulless," despite it being, as he also noted, the best way to improve people's lives over time, was stagnant in the March quarter and declined ...

Australia progresses climate transition disclosures, planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
... standards have doubled to 50% between 2023 and 2025. MSCI head of Australia and New Zealand sustainability and climate research Kuldeep Yadav said as climate risks continue to move onto company balance sheets, the report underscores the importance of ...