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Aware Super sells majority stake in water portfolio

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2026
Aware Super has announced the sale of a majority portion of its Australian water portfolio with the strategic divestment of 83 gigalitres of water entitlements from the southern Murray-Darling Basin. The sale was completed through the Australian Commonwealth ...

Super sector to accelerate critical mineral investments

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2026
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has signed a statement on behalf of Australia's super sector to accelerate investments in critical minerals projects in G7 countries. The statement was formally adopted by a meeting of ...

ART backs Queensland space company with $14m investment

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2026
... firmly focused on delivering strong outcomes for members in their best financial interest," Vincent said. Founded on the Gold Coast, Gilmour Space is developing sovereign launch capability through its Bowen Orbital Spaceport in North Queensland and provides ...

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2026
First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis. Michael McQueen is joining the industry fund on July 1, coming from Prime Super where he was the general ...

Big Un finance chief's insider trading charges dropped

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2026
... terms. The sentencing hearing is set for August 21. Big Un debuted on the ASX via a backdoor listing after acquiring Republic Gold in 2014 and was picked as a top-performing stock in 2017. Its shares were suspended from trading in February 2018 after ...

FEATURE | Emerging markets: Twists and turns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026
... those potential risks," he says. This involved adding a natural resources manager to the fold and urging clients to keep gold and take a broader commodities exposure. The portfolio was subsequently underweight risk assets in anticipation of an attack ...

'Beware the predictions of political experts': UniSuper

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2026
... the only truly consistent, reliable, safe haven is the "humble cash account". "When share markets were falling recently, gold prices were also falling. Bond prices were falling. These are traditional safe havens," he said. Pearce added that while it ...

Aussies remain 'positive' about retirement: Challenger

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2026
Despite a slight improvement in retirement sentiment, Challenger believes better access of financial education among older Australians, particularly regarding lifetime income stream strategies, will be beneficial to retirees. The third annual Challenger ...

AMP head of corporate pensions departs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2026
... Jansen reflected on his nearly four decades with AMP. "On 1 September 1986 as I walked into 10 Eagle Street, Brisbane (the Gold Tower) I had no idea how important AMP would become in my and my family's life. Over four decades many things have changed ...

AQR picks SG Hiscock & Company as distribution partner

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2026
... fixed income Eurodollar futures and the Norwegian 2 Yr Interest Rate Swap, as well as commodities futures in coffee, gas and gold. SG Hiscock head of distribution Anthony Cochran commented the collaboration with AQR will allow SG Hiscock to broaden its ...
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