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WTW welcomes investment chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
WTW has promoted its deputy chief investment officer to the top investment job, succeeding Craig Baker who is now tasked with pursuing fresh opportunities. Baker, a 30-year veteran of the company, has been appointed chief investment strategist. Baker ...

Canada pension fund hires ex-CalPERS CIO

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... CPPIB, which manages around US$486 billion of assets, recruited Meng from Franklin Templeton. At Franklin Templeton, Meng was chair of the Asia Pacific region, executive sponsor of sustainability, head of global private equity and led the China business. ...

Madigan names chief executive

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... succeeds Michael Wood, the firm's founder, and chief investment officer as chief executive. Wood will become executive chair and retain his investment and credit committee chair roles. Wilson, a former Future Fund executive, joined Madigan in early ...

Active Super fined $10.5m for greenwashing

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2025
... sheets published in 2021 and 2022. Active Super and Vision Super merged on March 1, now home to 165,000 members. ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court said: "This is a significant penalty that sends a strong message to companies making sustainable investment ...

Australian Unity chief retires

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2025
... Unity's revenue grew from $400 million to $2.3 billion, while its headcount ballooned from 1300 to 10,000, Australian Unity chair Lisa Chung said. Chung also credited Mead with reshaping Australian Unity through more than $1 billion of merger, divestment ...

CareSuper to merge with meat industry fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
... 550,000, has struck a binding agreement to merge with the Meat Industry Employees' Superannuation Fund (MIESF). CareSuper chair Linda Scott and MIESF chair Chris White said that the binding agreement is a critical step forward in serving members' best ...

Wilson AM to launch first monthly LIC strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... [and] helps reduce volatility while broadening the equity universe beyond a traditional dividend-harvesting strategy." WAM chair Geoff Wilson added that WMX capitalises on the "critical gap" in the Australian equity market. "... particularly where recent ...

ASIC, ASFA spar over super fund trustees 'not knowing' their business

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
ASIC chair Joe Longo has torched the superannuation sector, branding it the "poster child" for what can and does go wrong when governance implodes, while accusing directors of "not knowing" their business. In a speech at the Australian Institute of ...

ASIC slaps FIIG Securities with lawsuit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... patch software and operating systems; and failed to provide mandatory training to staff on cybersecurity awareness. ASIC chair Joe Longo said the matter should serve as a wake-up call to all companies. "Cybersecurity isn't a set and forget matter. ...

AustralianSuper sued over death benefit delays

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
... claims, ASIC noted. "At its heart, this matter is about protecting vulnerable Australians and their families," ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court said. "It is vital that death benefit claims are processed in a timely manner. Delays are likely to cause further ...