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Super moves: AustralianSuper,HESTA, Rest

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... Meanwhile, after three years at Cbus Super Fund, Kevin Hong has been named senior manager in the investments operational risk and compliance team at Rest. Before joining Cbus Super as a risk and compliance analyst, he worked at ANZ in acquisitions and ...

Norway wealth fund told to pause ethical divestments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... NBIM recently flagged that it will increase its use of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions in its management of climate risk and company engagements. "Cross-company pattern analysis will help prioritise companies for effective engagement," the fund ...

HESTA pays $40k fine for greenwashing

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... appropriate action to address its concerns, including further strengthening our internal processes and controls to minimise the risk of future incidents occurring.​ ​"HESTA is committed to providing clear, accurate and transparent communication to ...

Advisers favour non-traditional equity exposures: Fidante

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... and global small caps (42%), due to growing anticipation of outperformance. Although, emerging markets have garnered a more risk-aware approach with only 23% of advisers planning to increase client allocations to this sector. Reedman credited this shift ...

Majority of SMSF establishments based on bad advice: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... established under the recommendations of a financial adviser are unsuitable to their needs and put retirement savings at risk, an ASIC review reveals. Of 100 financial advice files investigated, 62 failed to demonstrate compliance with the best interests ...

Metrics supports efforts to raise standards in private credit

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... that investors should partner with experienced managers who can demonstrate disciplined capital deployment and proactive risk management," he said. "Our approach is underpinned by a clear focus on governance, including independent trustees, detailed ...

Majority reject crypto investments in super fund: Swyftx

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
Australians do not want their super invested in digital assets, despite some super funds and overseas pension funds dipping their toes in. According to Swyftx's fifth Annual Australian Crypto Survey, based on a survey of some 3009 Australian adults ...

ASIC considers 'cooling off period' for super switching

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... Australians, in many cases, moving, in my words, their super from a relatively safe, conventional environment into a high-risk environment. And there's plenty of blame to go around for what went wrong there," Longo said. "If you go and buy a house or ...

Damian Graham jumps to Challenger

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
... partnership since 2023 when the former was selected by Aware Super to provide a $619 million group lifetime annuity policy to de-risk some of its lifetime pension liabilities. Challenger was selected as it was well placed to meet the needs of Aware Super's ...

RBA on hold but 'not as hawkish as feared'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
... possibly several more through mid-2027. There was certainly no hint 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 ...