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Funds SA recruits from LGT

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024

Funds SA recently welcomed a new head of technology, hiring from LGT Wealth Management. Simon Boyley has joined in the role, returning home from London where he spent seven years with LGT Wealth Management's IT team, most recently as head of technology. ...

Funds SA asset allocation head to depart

ELIZABETH FRY | FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2024

Funds SA, the $42 billion public sector investment manager, has confirmed its asset allocation lead will leave the fund next month and take a short career break. Brendan Hallett said he wants to return to the east coast and and look for opportunities ...

Funds SA hires ESG expert

ELIZABETH FRY | MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024

Funds SA has appointed a new investment professional to sit within the responsible investment team. The investment arm of the South Australian government has welcomed Kana Thorpe to the newly created role of assistant portfolio manager for responsible ...

Multi-asset funds see $1bn exodus

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2023

Multi-asset funds recorded their fourth consecutive quarter of outflows, losing nearly $1 billion in the last 12 months, new data from Calastone finds. The year to September 2023 saw multi-asset funds suffer $974 million in outflows, the longest run ...

FEAL appoints NGS Super chief to board

CASSANDRA BALDINI | FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2023

... Townsend effective September 30, who is stepping down from the position consistent with her retirement as chief executive of Funds SA. NGS Super appointed Previtera as its chief executive in June 2023 after she acted in the role for almost an entire ...

Funds SA selects new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2023

Seven months on from announcing Jo Townsend's intention to step down from the top job, Funds SA has appointed her successor. After eight years in the role, Townsend resigned in February and committed to staying on board until a replacement was recruited. ...

King's birthday honours for industry executives

CHLOE WALKER | TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023

... O'Loghlin was bestowed an award for her significant service to the finance sector, to women, and to the community. Funds SA director Jane Jeffreys, who has been with the organisation since December 2015, was recognised for her service to the South ...

Funds SA chief executive to step down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2023

Jo Townsend will step down as chief executive of Funds SA, capping eight years in the role. Townsend said the decision was not easy and "is very much taken from a personal perspective." She will stay in the role until the board finds a suitable successor ...

What you read in 2022

CASSANDRA BALDINI | FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2022

Amid a year of economic turbulence and soaring inflation, Financial Standard's most read stories reveal attention was once again focused on the evolving superannuation sector. The worst performing super products and funds underscore the majority ...

Colonial First State launches sustainable growth fund

CHLOE WALKER | MONDAY, 21 NOV 2022

Colonial First State (CFS) says its new sustainable growth fund has been designed to remove barriers to investing sustainably. The product, Thrive+, was developed after CFS commissioned a study of nearly 5000 Australians and found that of the respondents ...

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BT appoints new head of strategy

KARREN VERGARA | 10:47AM

A former Allianz Retire+ executive has joined BT as the new head of strategy.

ASX sees trade volumes soar in May

MATTHEW WAI | 12:24PM

ASX saw a substantial growth in trade volumes last month, despite continued lackluster movement in IPOs.

Otivo launches AI-powered financial advice

MATTHEW WAI | 12:21PM

Otivo has launched a mobile app for Australians to access licensed advice powered by AI.

Munro expands access to climate focused fund

VINNY VUCAGO | 12:09PM

The Munro Global Growth Climate Leaders PIE Fund has been opened to retail investors in New Zealand.

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