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Telstra flags ditching venture capital arm

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2024
Telstra's US$1 billion start-up incubator has rebranded to Titanium Ventures as the telco giant looks to ditch the venture capital space. Telstra Ventures, a subsidiary of Telstra founded in 2011, overnight announced it has rebranded to Titanium ...

Vision Super in hot water over coal investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2024
Vision Super has found itself in hot water after analysis revealed it has purchased $2.2 million worth of Whitehaven Coal stocks after walking back its fossil fuel exclusion policy last year. The super fund changed its environmental, social and governance ...

Advisers call for apology from Super Members Council

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2024
The Financial Advice Association Australia and members say the super lobby group should formally apologise for its recent remarks about "dodgy financial advisers." Earlier this week, the Super Members Council (SMC) renewed calls for anti-hawking legislation ...

Australian Retirement Trust people chief to depart

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2024
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) has confirmed the departure of chief people officer Helen Jackson, who will leave at the end of the financial year. The superannuation fund's business partnering lead Kylie Robinson will step into the role in an ...

Super Members Council renews calls for anti-hawking extension

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2024
The Super Members Council (SMC) has revived its predecessor's calls to extend anti-hawking legislation, slamming a sub-set of financial advisers using social media posts and cold calling to drum up business. Prior to its merger, the Australian Institute ...

Funds SA names interim investment chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024
The $43 billion public sector fund manager has appointed Matt Kempton as acting chief investment officer following the departure of Richard Friend last month. The fund said at this stage, there is no further detail regarding the recruitment process ...

Pengana launches new term account

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024
Pengana Capital Group has introduced an online term account solution underpinned by a diversified portfolio of highly rated global private credit, named TermPlus. TermPlus aims to deliver reliable income via floating-rate term accounts, with a minimum ...

Most in-demand skills for financial services workers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024
Recruitment at all levels across most categories in the financial services industry has been lacklustre over the 2023/24 year, but there are some skills highly in demand, according to new data from Perceptor. The one exception has been insurance, which ...

AustralianSuper bears brunt of complaints: AFCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2024
AustralianSuper copped the highest number of complaints in the last six months of 2023 totalling 936, which was nearly three times more than other major super funds like Cbus, Australian Retirement Trust (ART), and Aware Super. New data from the Australian ...

Brighter Super awards custody mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2024
Brighter Super has appointed a new custodian, severing its ties with NAB Asset Servicing. The $32 billion super fund chose State Street to be its custodian and back-office administrator for some 130 portfolios. The services cover fund accounting and ...