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bfinance names new managing director, insurance lead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
... investment leadership positions include regional roles at Mercer, Willis Towers Watson and EY. In 2018 he founded Ark Advisors, an insurance-investment focused specialist consultancy. Prior to his appointment as global head of insurance at bfinance ...

Laws to limit US pension plans' use of ESG pass

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2026
... of Labor to "strengthen ERISA fiduciary rules and increase fiduciaries' transparency regarding their use of proxy advisors" to ensure proxy advisors and pension plans act solely in the financial interests of retirees. He's also called for all ...

Super moves: NGS Super, HESTA, Mercer

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... appointed senior equities analyst at VFMC. Mao has been with the fund for just two years, arriving from Dimension Fund Advisors.

Equity managers' research most reliant on AI: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2026
... with the latter saying it is no longer an "additive" but an integral part of this function, new analysis shows. Frontier Advisors' latest Frontier AI Index report, which is based on 210 responses from local and international respondents, found that Australian ...

Super funds' external fund manager spend hits $2bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
... Colonial First State (CFS) and MLC Super spent $210.1 million and $197.2 million respectively. A new report from Frontier Advisors highlights the growing prominence of internal investment teams among superannuation funds. Since 2015, the survey of fund ...

Fund managers 'remarkably positive' despite headwinds: Frontier

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
... prospects over the next five years despite menacing headwinds stemming from institutional clients, a new report from Frontier Advisors shows. Canvassing the perspectives of 83 fund managers in the 2025 What fund managers (and consultants) really think ...

First Super chief to join rival as investment head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
... management function. Recently, Watson was instrumental in the fund's decision to take a larger stake in Frontier Advisors as it launched its independent chief investment officer or 'ICIO' offering; First Super swapped its 5.6% holding for ...

Frontier recruits operating chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
Frontier Advisors has appointed a senior executive to oversee its expanded operations following its absorption of a 15-strong investment team from State Super. Louise Hulley will join Frontier as its first chief operations officer. The appointment follows ...

AMP upgrades North

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2025
... demands for accessible, high-quality financial advice. "Platforms can often just launch a whole bunch of features to advisors, and they're not that well integrated," Batsakis said. Transforming this fragmented process into one seamless experience ...

AWAG makes two strategic investments

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
Australian Wealth Advisors Group (AWAG) has made two strategic investments, in Avalon Financial Services and SWR Chartered Accountants, doubling its authorised representatives from 40 to 80 across Australia. Avalon is a Sydney-based company specialising ...