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legalsuper appoints finance chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2023
The industry fund for the legal community has hired a finance chief but is still in the market for a new chief investment officer to replace Norman Zhang who resigned last month. legalsuper chief executive Luke Symons has announced the appointment of ...

Meat industry super fund rebrands

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2023
Industry fund AMIST Super will be known as Australian Food Super from today as it sets out to expand its membership base. Australian Food Super chief executive Murray Rutherford said the super fund, which has its heritage in the meat industry, is broadening ...

Super funds offer merger update

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023
... with Australian Retirement Trust (ART), Commonwealth Bank Group Super has told members they will transfer to the industry fund next month. In February, CBA Group Super announced it was exploring a merger with ART, before signing a non-binding heads of ...

TAL offers super funds financial literacy tools for employers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2023
... existing partnerships, like with super funds, could be leveraged to benefit their workers. TAL general manager, industry fund partnerships Dan Taylor said the research insights could support superannuation fund partners to have more meaningful engagement ...

Koda Capital restructures Investment Strategy Group team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2023
... Taking over as chief investment officer will be Norman Zhang, currently in the same role at Legalsuper. He joined the industry fund in March 2020 from Media Super where he also led investments. Prior, he was on the other side, working as a consultant ...

Rest awards mandate to specialist fund manager

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2023
... fund manager Octopus Australia, seeking to bolster long-term returns for its 1.9 million members. The $75 billion industry fund's investment coincides with Octopus closing its second fundraising round for the Octopus Australia Sustainable Investments ...

Hostplus finalises merger with Maritime Super

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2023
... retirement." Meanwhile, Maritime Super chief executive Peter Robinson said the shared values, member-first ethos, industry fund heritage, made Hostplus an "obvious merger partner." Hostplus has already been managing Maritime Super's investment through ...

Super funds taking on the climate crisis

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2023
... 'agents of positive change'. Rest head of responsible investment and sustainability Leilani Weier explained that the industry fund has approached climate transition and physical risk management by developing a comprehensive climate change roadmap. The ...

Industry Fund Services enters strategic partnership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023
Industry Fund Services (IFS) is partnering with the tech build and design unit of Boston Consulting Group to develop financial education and wellbeing solutions for super fund members. IFS will work with BCG X to "explore how the sector could work together ...

Industry fund cuts insurance costs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023
An industry super fund has announced a reduction in weekly insurance premiums for death, terminal illness, TPD, and income protection cover. First Super reduced the weekly cost of its default insurance cover, prompted by fewer than expected claims in ...