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Former Women in Super chief joins AIST

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2021
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) appointed the former chief executive of Women in Super as general manager, professional development. Sandra Buckley led Women in Super for the past eight years where she was responsible for ...

SCA slams five super funds' junk insurance

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
Super Consumers Australia is calling out several superannuation funds for maintaining junk insurance that embed restrictive disability tests. NGS Super, AMP, TelstraSuper, Prime Super and Spirit Super carry the most restrictive insurance policies compared ...

Tasmania remains best performing state: CommSec

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
Tasmania has retained its status for the seventh consecutive quarter of having the best-performing economy in Australia, CommSec research shows. In the stockbroker's latest State of the States report, the ACT has retained is second place position ...

Better Advice Bill gets green light

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2021
The landmark Better Advice Bill, which introduces a new disciplinary body, passed the senate overnight. Under the Financial Sector Reform (Hayne Royal Commission Response-Better Advice) Bill 2021 (Better Advice Bill), from 1 January 2022, the Financial ...

Link names head of insurance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2021
Link Group hired a new lead for insurance who recently finished up at TAL Australia. Phil Angelico is now part of Link's retirement and superannuation solutions (RSS) unit, taking on the position of head of insurance in September. He is responsible ...

Lifecycle now MySuper mainstream: Rainmaker

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 OCT 2021
The share of funds under management held in lifecycle MySuper options has almost doubled in the last eight years as single strategy products drop off, but member balances at age 65 still don't quite stack up. This is one of Rainmaker Information's latest ...

Eight in 10 asset owners focused on sustainability: Survey

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2021
FTSE Russell's latest survey of global asset owners demonstrates an overwhelming consensus that sustainable investment is now standard. FTSE Russell surveyed 179 global asset owners earlier this year, 19% of which were from the Asia Pacific region. ...

ESG investing 2.0 emerges

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2021
The second iteration of environmental, social and governance investing will require a stronger level of authenticity, accountability and focus on tangible outcomes, according to sustainability experts. A significant shift is taking place in the world ...

Australian Unity Property hires from AMP Capital

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2021
Australian Unity's property business has appointed a former AMP Capital senior institutional business development executive as general manager - equity origination. Melissa Hillebrand spent the last eight years at AMP Capital both in London and ...

Hyperion Asset Management builds out team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2021
The fund manager has appointed a head of risk and compliance, general executive, and research associate as it invests in its next stage of growth. Thomas Withers has joined as head of risk and compliance from Northcape Capital where he was in a similar ...