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ART invests $1bn in Macquarie fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2025
... to make a positive difference," Bradford said. "One of the many attributes of climate change is that it is an investment risk, but as we seek to transition to a low-carbon economy it also represents an investment opportunity, and investors like us can ...

Brighter Super to add 68k new members

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2025
... successor fund transfer that will see its membership swell by 25%. On October 1, Brighter Super is set to take on several risk-only products currently housed under Zurich's OneCare Super. There are about eight legacy pension and investment products ...

Natixis IM adds distribution leads

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2025
... recently a senior consultant at Frontier Advisors and spent more than five years at Zenith Investment Partners, working in risk and governance, consulting and analysis. He reports to the head of institutional distribution for Australia and New Zealand ...

GSFM becomes exclusive distributor for Auscap

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2025
... "Our vision is to continue to develop a leading funds management business that has a reputation for outperformance, strong risk management, a positive culture and integrity." "In GSFM we have found an experienced and knowledgeable team with nationwide ...

Cbus welcomes new head of risk transformation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2025
Cbus has welcomed Sandra Burns in the newly created role of group head of risk transformation. Cbus said Burns will lead the fund's enterprise-wide risk transformation program, designing, implementing and embedding Cbus' approach to risk. Burns will ...

Fewer global equity managers underperform: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2025
... challenging market conditions. "In 2024, inverted yield curves allowed for the harvesting of higher yields with less duration risk, while narrowing credit spreads typically rewarded the assumption of greater credit risk. However, the yield curve has ...

Future Fund achieves 12.2% in FY25, tops other instos

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2025
... SuperRatings. New Zealand's sovereign wealth fund (NZSF), meanwhile, made 11.84% for the period. Despite the concentration risk in the US stock market, Future Fund chief investment officer Ben Samild said the foothold in the sector has been "well rewarded" ...

World's pension market hits $36.9tn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2025
... intelligence, with nine highlighting technology adoption in portfolio management as a strategic priority and recognising AI as both a risk and an opportunity. At the same time, nine funds cited volatility and uncertainty as major concerns, with inflation ...

Female fund managers' triumphant decade: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2025
... the report said. This is supported by evidence that shows mixed-gender teams are more likely to take a measured approach to risk. The data substantiates the sentiment, revealing that mixed-gender teams have delivered the "lowest standard deviations" ...

Federal Court slaps Mawhinney with 15-year ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2025
... business. Last Friday, Justice Button handed down the final relief, saying that unless he is restrained "there is an unacceptable risk" that Mawhinney will re-enter the fray and conduct, most likely through corporate vehicles, a financial services business ...