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Banks move to derisk, workforces shrink

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
... buy." Among the industry's biggest investors is the country's $2.8 trillion superannuation industry. The average super fund holds about a quarter of its Australian equities investments in bank stocks, according to Rainmaker executive director ...

Financial Standard names editor

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2019
... McArthur is a former social media editor at The Daily Mail in Sydney. She joins senior journalist and associate editor of FS Super, Karren Vergara; journalist and associate editor of FS Private Wealth, Kanika Sood; journalist Harrison Worley and regular ...

Unions have right to express views: Combet

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2019
Industry Super Australia chair Greg Combet says the ACTU had the right to express its views and the law ensures that only what is in members' interest get through a superannuation trustee board. Last week, Australian Council of Trade Unions president ...

IOOF faces class action

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2019
The lawyer who led $300 million of claims during the Storm Financial crisis is preparing a class action against IOOF. Quinn Emanuel partner Damian Scattini said the firm will next week file a claim in the Supreme Court of New South Wales. The class ...

Benchmark APRA against global counterparts: Treasury

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019
APRA's first capability review should consider benchmarking it against comparable prudential regulators around the globe, says its terms of reference which are now open for response. Last month, the Government agreed to undertake regular capability ...

Hermes inks local ESG partnership

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
The British investment management giant has signed an agreement to share its ESG expertise with an Australian body for asset owners. Hermes Investment Management's stewardship business (EOS) will share engagement insights about Australian and global ...

Super fund chief executive to retire

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
... hunting for a replacement. Doug Carmichael is slated to retire in June end after nine years of leading Commonwealth Bank Group Super. The news was confirmed in an update shared with CBA employees last week. The fund has now commenced the search for Carmichael's ...

Macquarie chief executive on striking a balance

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
At a recent Women in Super lunch, Shemara Wikramanayake spoke about how she managed competing commitments between raising a family and working her way up the corporate ladder at Macquarie Group. Wikramanayake has two children, now teenagers. Her husband ...

Super rules must support women: AIST

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
... inadequate incomes," Scheerlink said. The first of AIST's demands is that the $450 monthly threshold for compulsory super payments be dropped, to bring more women into the fold. The second is that have parental leave payments made eligible for super. ...

Influential women in private equity

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
... worked in research and investment roles in a career spanning two decades. Jenny Newmarch, portfolio manager, First State Super Jenny Newmarch is portfolio manager, growth assets at the $70 billion industry fund. She is responsible for its private equity ...