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ASIC super specialist jumps to law firm

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2019
A senior specialist on ASIC's superannuation team has taken a consultancy role within a law firm's financial services team. Ruth Stringer joined Herbert Smith Freehills on September 2. She has more than 30 years of experience, most recently at the Australian ...

Eaton Vance hires institutional distribution head

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
... Portfolio Associates division Parametric Australia won a $200 million custom mandate in global equities from an unnamed superannuation fund.

APRA hires from AustralianSuper

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
A portfolio manager in the nation's largest superannuation fund has taken a leadership role at the prudential regulator. APRA confirmed to Financial Standard the appointment of AustralianSuper senior portfolio manager Mark Ferguson as head of investment ...

Statewide still keen on mergers

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
... to merge with Tasplan and WA Super in June, which if successful would have created Australia's 15th largest superannuation fund with 380,000 members and $24 billion in assets. Eastwood, who was appointed in the hybrid role to get the fund merger-ready ...

IFM Investors executive departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
... reported. The two parties settled for £270,000 or roughly $493,000 in April. IFM Investors is owned by industry superannuation funds. The fund manager invests about $140 billion in unlisted infrastructure, private equity, listed equities and cash and ...

Industry fund adds to investment team

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
... fund has hired its first ESG lead on its investment team as it ramps up efforts in the area. Australian Catholic Superannuation Retirement Fund has hired Louise Bradshaw from Eaton Vance who will be responsible for setting the fund's ESG policy agenda ...

Super fund bolsters leadership team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019
A $21 billion corporate superannuation fund has appointed the former head of research at JCP Investment Partners to a newly created role. TelstraSuper is welcoming David Humphreys to the newly created role of head of sustainable investment. Humphreys ...

Industry super fund headcounts to swell

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019
Investment professionals based in Melbourne should have no trouble finding job opportunities with industry superannuation funds over the next 12 months, according to recruitment experts. According to Kaizen Recruitment, the current job climate remains ...

Time to reset member return expectations?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019
Research house Rice Warner has openly questioned whether superannuation funds should begin resetting the return expectations of members. With difficult economic headwinds prevailing, Rice Warner is concerned superannuation funds have made a rod for ...

BT faces fees for no service class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019
... that it would pass on to members, and at times kept almost half of the returns on members' money for itself. "Superannuation members trusted BT with their retirement savings, but instead of seeking the best returns available for members, it appears ...