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Aware Super appoints head of public market equities

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2024
... record and a leading responsible investment focus," Hong said. "Aware Super is celebrated in market as not only being purpose-led, innovative and agile, but offering exciting career development opportunities, and it's for these reasons that I'm ...

Interest rates drive adviser conversations in 2024

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2024
... without facing significant stress. The urgency to secure a property, often driven by personal or familial circumstances, has led some to make decisions under pressure," he said. Navigating this environment, therefore, requires balance, especially when ...

Insignia Financial touts strong start to FY24, simplification

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2024
... group's strategic initiatives is the client wellbeing division it created last year. Today Insignia confirmed it is to be led by Chris Weldon. He was previously Insignia's chief transformation officer, but will now oversee the professional services advice ...

Super fund satisfaction improves: Roy Morgan

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2024
... up 1.4% to 75.8%. In recent months, various industry funds have performed exceptionally well, Roy Morgan noted. HESTA has led the pack with an increase of 6.1% in customer satisfaction since July 2023, followed by CareSuper with the same increase of ...

Qantas Super reduces premiums again

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2024
... update last December, the fund said a new merger committee was set up to guide the management team throughout the process. Led by the fund's chair John Atkin, the committee also comprises board directors Lorraine Berends, Luke Murray, Klair Safier ...

MSC Trustees acquires Certane Corporate Trust

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2024
... managers and financial product issuers. The purchase price was not disclosed. Certane had a previous life as Sargon Capital, led by chief executive Phillip Kingston. In 2018, Sargon ramped up its acquisition and expansion strategy when Insignia, or IOOF ...

Macquarie consortium bids for technology firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2024
... that, since the company was listed, an uncertain macroeconomic environment, including higher inflation and interest rates, has led to a significant change in capital market sentiment regarding companies exposed to the construction industry," the committee ...

Treasury releases climate disclosure draft legislation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2024
... the Modern Slavery Act, the government will conduct a review of climate disclosure requirements 2028-29. The review will be led by Treasury, working with the Council of Financial Regulators. Consultation for the draft legislation released today is now ...

Ontario Teachers' names chief investment officers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024
The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan's investments will now be led by two chief investment officers, one to oversee asset allocation and the other to execute on public and private investments. At the end of 2023, Ontario Teachers' chief investment officer ...

BlackRock bags Global Infrastructure Partners for US$12.5bn

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024
... scale. This synergy is hoped to support deal flow and co-investment opportunities. Post-acquisition, GIP's management team, led by Bayo Ogunlesi and its founding partners, will helm the combined infrastructure platform, ensuring leadership continuity ...