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HESTA appoints board director

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
The industry superannuation fund has added a new director to its board, as former Ramsay Health Care chief executive Daniel Sims retires. Alan Morrison was appointed to HESTA's trustee board of directors this month. He will also sit on the audit and ...

Super funds to answer to new APRA enforcer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
... the super sector for over seven years, will take over primary responsibility for overseeing the general, life and private health insurance sector. APRA chair Wayne Byres welcomed Cole to the regulator and said he is looking forward to working with her ...

Raiz expands to SMSF market

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
The micro-investing platform is targeting SMSFs with its custom portfolio option, giving members more control over their portfolio allocations. The recently launched custom portfolio option is now available to SMSFs and allows users to build their own ...

Fund manager COO resigns, chair named

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
... retired. Tongs has also retired from her role as chair at Netwealth. Weiss sits on a number of boards, including Estia Health, Ardent Leisure and Ariadne. Also joining Weiss is Eng-Peng Ooi as deputy chair and senior independent director. He also sits ...

Chief economist update: The do-nothing Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
... which things almost always never do. Case in point, in its December 19, 2019 dot plot - before China alerted the World Health Organisation (WHO) of coronavirus infections in Wuhan (on 31 December) - shows the Fed's median forecasts for the fed funds ...

JANA hires from NYSE

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAR 2021
... enhanced client outcomes," she said. Last month JANA was awarded a mandate to provide investment advisory services TUH Health Fund after a three-way tender process in January 2021 and follows growth in JANA's investment advisory offering across insurance ...

Business investment slow to click into gear: Lowe

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... there are investment needs and opportunities in areas as diverse as infrastructure, power generation and distribution, health and social services, food production, advanced manufacturing and digitalisation and data science. So, there is no shortage of ...

Women don't own fair share of super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2021
... "Some super funds, because of the industries and employers they serve, have high concentrations of women members, including health, education, retail, hospitality and the public sector." For example, Rainmaker analysis of APRA data found that Rest is ...

Childcare costs drag women's nest egg

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
... International Monetary Fund. Women faced more challenges given they dominate sectors that require face-to-face contact, such as health, hospitality and childcare, on top of taking on more responsibilities in household chores and homeschooling children. ...

Women-led super funds outperform

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
... accomplished." Many of the leading funds most often used by women are those that support industries they dominate like health, education, retail, hospitality and the public sector. Based on percentages, GuildSuper has the highest share of women members ...