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Key roles vacant as NZ Super prepares for growth

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... The overhaul coincides with the exit of private markets specialist Hishaam Mirza, who leaves NZ Super after 14 years. Mirza most recently led the direct investments team responsible for major private company holdings both domestically and abroad. NZ ...

Norway wealth fund told to pause ethical divestments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... the fund's ethical guidelines. The fund has been under scrutiny of late over some of its divestment decisions, including most recently its divestment from Caterpillar in August over the use of its equipment by the IDF. It followed recommendations by ...

Majority reject crypto investments in super fund: Swyftx

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... and Mastercard." To strengthen regulatory oversight across the sector, ASIC has recently updated its guidance to classify most digital asset products as financial products. The government has also commenced consultations with the industry to better legitimise ...

ASIC considers 'cooling off period' for super switching

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... around for what went wrong there," Longo said. "If you go and buy a house or a car or a major financial investment, I mean, most of us put some time into that. We don't do it on the same day. And unfortunately, because of the industrialisation of the ...

RBA on hold but 'not as hawkish as feared'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
... that the next move would be up - though, as we'll see, that risk is no longer negligible," Bassanese said. "What appears of most concern, however, was the bank's forecast that trimmed-mean inflation will edge back above its 2-3% target band - to 3.2% ...

Private credit funds downplay risks, pose risk to financial system: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
... instance, less than half of the funds had detailed, written credit or impairment and default management policies in place. Most funds did not have effective separation between the investment committee approving loans and the representatives responsible ...

Feature: Retirement | The right mix

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
There are many myths about retirement, and one of the most common is that people will run out of money. Even as Australians live longer and many spend up to three decades of their lives retired, the Retirement Income Review (RIR) found the typical retiree ...

Payday Super laws passed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2025
... which sees more than $5 billion in retirement savings withheld from Aussie workers each year. "Payday Super is one of the most significant reforms to the superannuation system in decades, and it's long overdue. Paying super with wages will make the ...

US equities not performing as well as they seem: UniSuper

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2025
... sector. The phrase suggests that after discovering one problem, there are likely more to be found. "So, to me, one of the most interesting things in the last few months, we're starting to see an increasing number of debt defaults," Colosimo said. ...

Most influential advisers of 2025 revealed

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2025
The annual Financial Standard Power50 has been revealed. Now in its 12 th year, the FS Power50 celebrates financial advisers promoting the value of the financial advice and the profession while providing outstanding service to their clients and wider ...