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Australian Unity hires from HESTA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
After close to 17 years with HESTA, the mainstay will take on a new role as chief investment officer at Australian Unity. After closed to 17 years with HESTA, Andrew Major will join Australian Unity as chief investment officer in the wealth and capital ...

AustralianSuper hires head of AI

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
AustralianSuper said the newly created role will help align autonomous agents with human intent. The $410 billion super fund has named its first head of AI and automation in a newly created role. Sarah Carney joins AustralianSuper from Microsoft where ...

CFS plots 'largest' retirement product expansion with new alliance

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... August, with further solutions to be introduced over the next 12 months. AMP, also offering retirement income products via AMP Super and North platform, stated they are "pleased" to see uplifts like this across the retirement segment. "Our industry needed ...

Federated Hermes launches global equity fund

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
Federated Hermes has expanded its Australian wholesale offering with the launch of the Federated Hermes Global Equity Fund, as the global asset manager deepens its push into the local wealth management market. The Australian unit trust, now registered ...

CALI calls for government to help fund CSLR

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
The Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI) is calling on the government to help fund the burgeoning Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) to stop putting "undue" pressure on Australia's risk advisers. The government has announced the shared ...

Retirees leave 90% of pension unspent: AMP Super

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
AMP Super retirement director Ben Hillier said on average clients are leaving around 90% of their account based pension unspent at death, which makes it important for adviser to tackle 'regret risk' in retirement. Speaking at the Financial Standard ...

Russell Investments hires from BT

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... month Russell Investments also appointed a new head of superannuation in NGS Super's Ben Facer. Facer had been with NGS Super since 2017, having first joined as chief risk and governance officer. During his tenure he held a raft of roles, and most ...

ASFA joins Finance Industry Council of Australia

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... reflected the growing policy significance of the superannuation sector as retirement savings pools continue to expand and super funds play an increasingly influential role across capital markets, infrastructure investment and financial systems.

Super funds get ahead of proposed minimum service standards: KPMG

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... accountability for service outcomes in their processes following a debacle of administration failures. According to the 2026 Super Insights report, which analysed 2025 financial year data from APRA, funds are already redesigning processes, strengthening ...

ACCC approves Zurich's ClearView takeover

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has given Zurich Financial Services its blessing to acquire ClearView Wealth. Zurich Financial Services is offering 65 cents for each ClearView share to value the takeover at about $425 million. ...