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Canadian pension giant sued over alleged climate failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
... Investments is the sixth largest pension fund in the world; more than 22 million Canadians contribute. This is the first time a Canadian manager has been sued for alleged mismanagement of climate risk. In July 2018, an individual member took super fund ...

Apostle partners with Qtron Investments

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025
... Australian wholesale and institutional investors access to its global equity strategies. The partnership marks the first time that Qtron's investment strategies have been available to Australian investors. Apostle will also establish funds for the wholesale ...

APRA updates governance framework

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... March, APRA proposed eight measures to update its cross-industry prudential standards and guidance on governance for the first time in more than a decade. During the three-month consultation period, APRA said it held 57 meetings and roundtables involving ...

Equip Super searches for new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
... operate under the Togethr Trustees umbrella in late 2019. Until their official merger in 2021, his appointment marked the first time two Australian superannuation funds had the same chief executive concurrently. Prior, he was chief executive of Computershare ...

Instos continue to bite on risk: State Street

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
... subdued. This positivity was clearly boosted by the US Federal Reserve lowering interest rates in September for the first time this year, whilst also signalling that it would ease a further two times before 2025 is done, an extra cut compared with the ...

ETF adoption 'intensifies': VanEck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2025
... cleared $500 million. Last year, this surged to nine months, with four months crossing the $1 billion threshold for the first time. This year has been softer with the broader markets pullback, however six out of eight months still topped $500 million ...

RBA delivers 'hawkish hold'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2025
... rate cut this year." HSBC chief economist Paul Bloxham said while the change in tone was noteworthy, it was not the first time the central bank had done so. "First, at almost every meeting this year, the RBA has tended to shift direction in its tone. ...

Federal court slams director for 'fanciful' asset valuation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2025
... said. "Mr Hodgson adopted a laissez-faire approach to compliance with the financial services law." This was not the first time Hodgson has been under ASIC's scrutiny. In July 2015, he was banned from providing financial services for two years due to ...

World's pension market hits $36.9tn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2025
... growth slowed slightly, up 7.8% in 2024, compared to 10% growth the previous year. Concentration also continued. For the first time, the combined assets of the world's top 20 pension funds exceeded $15.1 trillion (US$10 trillion), increasing by 8.5% ...

Latest adviser exam sees 69% pass

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2025
... only 152 (69%) candidates passed the August exam, which 221 people attended. Of those, 162 (73%) sat the exam for the first time. The 69 (31%) who failed will receive feedback from the Australian Council for Educational Research on the areas where they ...