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Feature: Digital advice | Sleeping giant

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025
... Grail," he says. The inevitable Late last year, several super funds put digital advice offerings high on their agenda, releasing new offerings or giving existing ones a face lift. Hostplus, for example, released Super Smart. Colonial First State (CFS) ...

Guardians appoints new head of risk

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2025
The Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation, manager of the New Zealand Superannuation Fund, has announced Maaike van Tol as the new head of risk. Van Tol will begin her new position on September 29, after over a year with the Guardians' asset allocation ...

FEATURE: Problem detected

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
... attempt to unify legislation in cybersecurity for all financial institutions, Northern Trust head of Australia and New Zealand Leon Stavrou points out that this is already the case, to an extent. Asset servicing banks and super funds are regulated by ...

NZ Super delivers 11.84%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2025
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has delivered a pre-tax return of 11.84% after costs for the year ended 30 June 2025. Total fund size was up $8.4 billion from a year earlier, ending the 2025 financial year at $85.1 billion. Guardians of New Zealand ...

Legal costs weigh on AMP profits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025
... came in stronger, rising 9% to $131 million on the back of solid performance across most of its business units. The New Zealand Wealth Management business saw the biggest jump in underlying profits, up 11.8% to $19 million. This was followed by Platforms ...

Special feature: Shaping private markets

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2025
... when market conditions force rapid asset liquidation," BNP Paribas' head of securities services, Australia and New Zealand Daniel Cheever says, adding that an early release scheme of this magnitude was unlikely to have been foreseen. Member switching ...

Perpetual IM switches member admin provider

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
... Lombardo took up the role to lead MUFG Retirement Solutions in February, serving as chief executive for Australia and New Zealand. This follows the retirement of Dee McGrath, who was with Link Group/MUFG for six years.

Pacific workers face barriers to claiming super: University

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025
... preference for upfront wage payments. "A leader among the PALM workers said that he would prefer Australia to follow the New Zealand approach where superannuation is not paid at all, and instead, they get all their money paid as wages. Another PALM worker ...

Trade war threat sparks allocation rethink by asset owners

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
... annual Voice of the Asset Owner Survey. Of the asset owners surveyed, nearly half of which come from Australia and New Zealand, concerns around the status of the Ukraine-Russia conflict, global economic volatility, and US-China relations were also consistently ...

Super funds back $9.6bn homegrown platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
... Yield in Australia and Hong Kong as well as the expansion of various startup programs across Australia, Singapore and New Zealand, were key drivers of growth in the region, which saw revenue increase by 109% year-on-year. It has presence in New York ...