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Advice industry must change as population ages: Expert

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
Superannuation is one of the great successes of modern pension systems but as more people live longer, it's financial advice that will need to pivot, the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds has heard. Professionals Congress London Business ...

Spirit Super appoints deputy chief investment officer

ELIZABETH FRY, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2023
The $26 billion industry superannuation fund will soon welcome a deputy chief investment officer, recruiting from Frontier. Philip Naylor has been named in the role and will join the fund in April. In addition to being deputy chief investment officer ...

Aware Super restructures investment team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2023
Aware Super restructured its investment team in support of its growth strategy, naming three new asset class leads in the process. The super fund joins the likes of AustralianSuper and Australian Retirement Trust in reshaping its investment team as ...

Stafford Capital adds superannuation lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2023
... sectors. In 2017 Stafford launched a dedicated private credit strategy or the APSS, the Stafford Credit Opportunity Trust (SCOT). Five years later, Stafford launched the Stafford Private Credit Income Opportunities Fund seeded with a $132 million NAV ...

Fintech joins forces with advice students

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2023
A technology firm has introduced its software to the University of Technology Sydney's financial advice students in a bid to offer practical experience before they graduate. Students studying the Master of Financial Planning at UTS are being provided ...

ESG impacts on US pension funds tested

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2023
There is no difference between investment returns for US state pension funds in "blue" states that might be more likely to integrate ESG investment principles and "red" states that are more likely to ban ESG investment strategies, according to Rainmaker ...

Rest welcomes super heavyweights

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2023
Rest, the industry fund for retail employees has further strengthened its investment team by appointing two high-profile investment professionals. Spirit Super general manager strategy and risk Paul Docherty has arrived as head of portfolio construction ...

RBA cash rate hike forecast by economists

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2023
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is widely tipped to lift the cash rate by 25 basis points today to fight ongoing inflationary pressure. According to HSBC chief economist Paul Bloxham, inflation is too high and there's yet to be clear evidence ...

MLC Life Insurance welcomes new non-executive director

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 27 JAN 2023
MLC Life Insurance has appointed David Stephen as an independent non-executive director on its MLC Limited board. Stephen will also serve as chair of the board risk committee, replacing Andy Cornish who after seven years is retiring. With over 35 years ...

Brighter Super revamps board structure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2023
Having maintained a 15-person board to oversee the integration of Energy Super and Suncorp's superannuation business, Brighter Super kicked off 2023 with a new board composition including a new appointment. As of this month, Brighter Super's ...