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AustralianSuper to cut equities

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2018
The $142 billion superannuation fund is trimming stocks in its default option, as it moves from a growth outlook to a more neutral one. Speaking at a members' forum in Sydney last night, AustralianSuper chief investment officer Mark Delaney said ...

AMP hires from MLC

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2018
AMP has shuffled its distribution lineup, hiring from a new head of platform development from MLC. AMP head of platform products John Keating has moved into the role of head of wealth distribution, Southern region. The post he leaves vacant is going ...

Industry fund appoints former Labor politician

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
A $46 billion industry fund has appointed a former federal health minister as an independent chair, starting at the end of the year. Nicola Roxon will take over as HESTA's chair when current chair Angela Emslie steps down at the end of her term ...

FSC appoints UBS, Mercer heads

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
... the annual general meeting on October 29. They replace outgoing directors ANZ deputy chief executive Alexis George and MLC Super chief executive Matthew Lawrence. FSC has confirmed Challenger's outgoing chief executive Brian Benari will retain his co-deputy ...

AustralianSuper awards $500m mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
A Melbourne boutique has won a $500 million mandate from AustralianSuper, the super fund confirmed. Jamieson Coote Bonds was appointed to manage a fixed income mandate for the super fund at the end of June, Rainmaker research shows. JCB's mandate ...

Super funds react to market sell off

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
AustralianSuper and Equip Super are among the superannuation funds reassuring members as the S&P/ASX 200 slid close to its lowest in a year last Thursday. On October 25, The S&P/ASX 200 closed more than 6% lower than at the start of the year, on the ...

Retirement planning gets a recession check

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... exposures to US equities and says it is big on low-cost ETFs to spread exposures. Taking a turn from adviser land and into the super fund territories, some funds have changed their allocations over the last few months as they see markets peaking. Australian ...

CBA ramps up blockchain

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... institutional investors backed the world's first blockchain bond developed by Commonwealth Bank and the World Bank. First State Super, NSW Treasury Corporation (TCorp), Treasury Corporation of Victoria, CBA, QBE and SAFA signed on as the foundational ...

Nikko appoints AIST director

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
Nikko Asset Management has appointed an AIST and Tasplan Super director to its boards. Naomi Edwards is a trained actuary and will serve as a non-executive on the boards of Nikko Asset Management Australia Limited and Nikko AM Limited, also chairing ...

AustralianSuper consortium renews bid for healthcare company

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
The BGH Capital-AustralianSuper consortium has made another bid to acquire Healthscope, five months after the company rejected its previous bid. BGH-AustralianSuper is offering to pay $2.36 per share for the private hospital owner-operator. This offer ...