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VFMC wraps up leadership changes

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) has fine-tuned its absolute returns team following an overhaul of the investment function late last year. The absolute returns team manages private credit and hedge fund exposures within client portfolios. ...

Workplace expert joins Aware Super in new role

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
Aware Super has appointed Breckon Jones to the newly created role of head of growth, talent, and reward. Jones joins the $190 billion superannuation fund from iCare NSW, which manages the insurance and care services to the people, businesses and communities ...

Realm House hires from Plato

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
A former Plato Investment Management credit specialist has joined contrarian credit and fixed income manager Realm Investment House. Simon Tung has been appointed portfolio manager within the boutique asset manager's strategy and risk division. ...

Australian Ethical loses super chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
Australian Ethical's superannuation chief Ross Piper has departed the fund and will shortly take up a new role as global chief executive of the Fred Hollows Foundation. Piper confirmed his departure, saying he finished at the $13 billion fund before ...

Magellan unveils refreshed leadership, investment team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
Magellan Financial Group has made a raft of changes to both its C-suite and investments team, resulting in several key departures. The changes come as Magellan looks to execute on its strategic growth ambitions, including capitalising on its strategic ...

Victorian SMSF auditor fails to overturn disqualification

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
A Victorian-based self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) auditor will remain disqualified after he failed to overturn ASIC's initial verdict. ASIC originally disqualified Nazrul Islam, of Clayton South in Victoria, from being an approved SMSF auditor ...

Financial services minister Stephen Jones to retire from politics

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
Labor frontbencher, assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones is retiring from politics and will not contest the upcoming federal election. Jones spent 15 years as the member for Whitlam - covering Illawarra and the Southern ...

Franklin Templeton folds Martin Currie into affiliates

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
Franklin Templeton announced it will fold Martin Currie, the US$17.9 billion fund manager, into its other brands, ClearBridge Investments and Franklin Equity Group. Martin Currie's Australia, UK, and global emerging markets investment and sustainability ...

Milford Asset Management names chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
Milford Asset Management appointed a new chief executive as it targets further growth across Australia and New Zealand. Blair Turnbull will take over as chief executive of Milford on March 12, succeeding Mark Ryland who has served in the role for more ...

Auditors tighten fist on greenwashing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
The global ethics watchdog has issued fresh directives on judging green claims, with the minutiae still in flux in Australia as mandatory reporting begins for large entities and financial firms. Part of a broad crackdown on greenwashing and ESG-related ...