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AustralianSuper risk lead jumps to rival

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
Skye Stevenson, former head of investment compliance and operational risk at AustralianSuper, has left the $410 billion fund to join Rest Super in a newly created Sydney-based role. Rest Super has appointed Stevenson general manager, investment governance. ...

Platinum, L1 merger to help fight 'organic business decline'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
Platinum's potential merger with L1 Capital - which saw the two parties enter a merger implementation deed earlier this week - may help save the business against ongoing decline but other hurdles remain, according to Morningstar equity analyst Shaun ...

ClearView welcomes underwriting head

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025
ClearView has hired from NobleOak to fill the position of head of underwriting. The life insurer also rolled out a slew of underwriting updates across its medical requirements and trauma definitions. Peter Tilocca has joined as the new head of underwriting ...

Active Super found guilty of greenwashing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024
Active Super has been found guilty of misleading the public with false claims about its environmental, social, and governance (ESG) credentials. The profit-to-member fund, which is set to merge with Vision Super in March 2025, made claims on its website ...

Copia seals distribution partnership

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
... listed infrastructure equity team based in Sydney and London. HSBC AM head of listed real assets for alternatives Giuseppe Corona said: "From what we're seeing, the infrastructure sector is at the beginning of a multi-decade investment cycle, due ...

Active Super to face action over greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
ASIC has filed a suit against Active Super over greenwashing claims, alleging, among other charges, that the super fund was invested in Russian assets after the invasion of Ukraine while purporting otherwise to members. The markets regulator has commenced ...

Top ETF megatrends: Global X

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2023
... sector, according to Morningstar Direct. Although flows have tapered off, levels are still sitting higher than before the Corona crash in March 2020, indicating an appetite from investors to capture thematic opportunities." "The ever-expanding selection ...

Absolute-return bond funds fail ambitious returns: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2023
An analysis of absolute-return bond fund managers found that they have "ambitious" returns as only one in seven strategies meet their objectives. The Morningstar research found that most absolute-return bond managers will not always provide positive ...

Finance candidates lose salary bargaining power: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2023
Sparked by the Great Resignation, financial services candidates seeking massive salary hikes could be a thing of the past as employers reject double-digit pay increases. Financial services employees looking for a new role are asking for a 15% above-market ...

TWUSUPER chair retires after two decades

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022
The longstanding chair of the $6.5 billion industry fund has stood down, with Nick Sherry appointed to the role. Effective this month, Sherry will lead TWUSUPER's board, drawing on his experience as Australia's first minister for superannuation between ...
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