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Super moves: Qantas Super, VFMC, AusSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
Qantas Super deputy investment officer has moved to Cambooya, the family office for the Fairfax family. Chris Grogan joins Cambooya in the same role. The investment professional was also Qantas Super's head of defensive assets. In that role, he ...

Monetary policy not the only game in town: Brian Redican

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
... now it's governments in the driver's seat, NSW Treasury Corporation chief economist Brian Redican said at the Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum. Redican said monetary policy is no longer the only game in town, for example, noting that President ...

AI is not a bubble: ECP Asset Management

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
ECP Asset Management principal, investments Justin Warton told Financial Standard that the artificial intelligence (AI) boom is still getting started, despite heightened valuations. "The market has seen this movement towards generative AI, and I think ...

Treasury drafts superannuation retirement income principles

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
A confidential Treasury draft proposal obtained by Financial Standard outlines voluntary principles for the design and delivery of superannuation retirement income solutions, extending beyond the obligations of the Retirement Income Covenant. The principles ...

MLC wary of but not opposed to bitcoin

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
MLC chief investment officer Dan Farmer said MLC is open to the possibility of investing in bitcoin in the future, but now is not the right time. "Like many institutional investors, we remain in the 'not now', rather than 'not ever' to bitcoin camp," ...

UniSuper targets 'missing middle' with new digital advice offering

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
... middle" of members who wouldn't ordinarily seek advice. UniSuper head of advice and education Andrew Gregory told Financial Standard that the fund partnered with Ignition to build an "easy and simple solution" for members to use. But behind the scenes ...

Alpencrest ramps up expansion, signs Aussie affiliate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
... find interesting institutional-quality investment managers. It turned out that was the easy part," he told Financial Standard. "We actually have a fairly full stable managers at this stage that we've been working with, and we will be looking to expand ...

SMSF Association names annual award winners

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
SMSF Association (SMSFA) has recognised four of its members at the 2025 SMSF National Conference, citing their excellence in self-managed superannuation and their contribution to the sector. The 2024 CEO Award was posthumously awarded to former Foxton ...

ASFA acts to remove First Nations access issues

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
The peak industry body published a draft Guidance Note on Severe Financial Hardship Withdrawals for member consultation, marking a significant "milestone" in making it easier for First Nations people to access their superannuation. The guidance note ...

Next decade could bring back the conservative portfolio

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) chief economist Brian Parker told the Financial Standard Chief Economist Forum that investors should be wary of the coming decade, with more volatility expected. "The last 10 to 20 years, we have seen a rising tide ...