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South Korea looks to Australia for next sovereign wealth fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
South Korea is establishing another sovereign wealth fund, with this one to be modelled on the Future Fund. Launching the National Growth Fund yesterday, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Yooncheol Koo said the government would ...

Betashares-backed firm names inaugural managing partner

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
... capabilities. The firm, which now manages a range of managed account investment solutions, was formed through the recent merger of Betashares' managed accounts business and InvestSense and operates as a standalone entity supported by Betashares Financial ...

EWM to buy three advice firms

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
... Sunshine Coast. In support of the new partnerships, MTP Financial partner and financial adviser Anthony Menico described the merger as improving efficiency and delivering cost synergies. "This merger benefits us all in achieving better future outcomes ...

Super moves: HESTA, Nest, Resolution Life, NZ Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
... investment strategist Madeleine Barrow has left Resolution Life Australasia for HESTA, following Resolution Life's merger with MLC Life Insurance to form Acenda. Barrow most recently worked as a portfolio manager overseeing parts of the insurer's ...

Life insurers to up external fund manager mandates: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
... enable insurers to have the control and transparency they need." The survey also found that 96% of leaders expect increased merger and acquisition activity over the medium term.

Challenger to take on TelstraSuper pension product

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2025
... its RetireAccess Lifetime Pension. The super fund has notified members that a review of its product suite as part of its merger plans with Aware Super resulted in a decision to not carry the product across to the merged entity; Aware Super does not currently ...

Super moves: ART, TCorp, Future Fund, QIC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
TCorp has recruited Lucas Hartmann as senior portfolio manager. Most recently, Hartmann served as head of equities, fixed income and alternatives at NGS Super for over eight years, where his responsibilities included implementing derivative overlays. ...

TelstraSuper members caught off guard by Direct Access closure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2025
... be closed to new investments from this week. The fund said the decision followed a comprehensive review as part of its merger planning with Aware Super. The two funds signed a formal Heads of Agreement to merge in October. Aware Super does not offer ...

Hostplus snares LGT Wealth deputy CIO

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
... equity, including impact investments. Wan Lum previously served as chief investment officer at Energy Super before its merger with LGIAsuper in July 2021. Before joining Energy Super, he spent four years at VicSuper as head of real assets and alternatives ...

IFM head of global real estate resigns

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
... underway. Dynon, a former AMP Capital funds management lead, has been providing real asset specialist advice to IFM during the merger with ISPT. Chapple joined ISPT three years ago as chief executive. His focus was on implementing a new enterprise strategy ...