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Showing 1 - 10 of 2023 results for "Industry super"

Super fund-backed AFSL adviser numbers drop: Rainmaker

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
Industry superannuation funds will continue to adopt a hybrid framework of advice, integrating digital and human channels, as the number of advisers under super funds owned AFSL's has declined progressively in the last five years. Rainmaker Information ...

Digital asset adoption in SMSFs not a surprise: Burgess

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2026
... had established their SMSF in the same year as their first digital asset investment. Observing this, OKX believes industry super funds failing to increase investor preferences for certain asset classes may see some members continue to enter the self-directed ...

Vision Super to close Diversified Bonds option

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2026
Vision Super is shutting its $24.5 million Diversified Bonds investment option due to low member demand. As at December 2025, the option represented less than 0.08% of total funds under management, Vision Super said, adding the trustee regularly reviews ...

QIC faces heat over aviation firefighting asset privatisation

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
... firefighting, what does that say about the values underpinning so-called responsible investment?" Garrett noted industry super funds have built their reputation on serving workers and investing in long-term public interest. "It is entirely reasonable ...

Hostplus extends Citi mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2026
... combination of our platform, people and unparallelled global network positions us as the long-term provider of choice for industry super." According to the Australian Custodial Services Association, assets under custody (AUC) in Australia grew to $6.2 ...

HESTA taps ESSSuper head as next chief executive

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2026
... brand, engagement, advocacy and product arm for five years. She has also served as the deputy chief executive of Industry Super Australia for a period of five years. She is chair of Women in Super, has served as a non-executive director of Victoria Legal ...

HESTA confirms deputy chief investment officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2026
The $102 billion industry super fund has appointed its first deputy chief investment officer, promoting from within. Jeff Brunton has been named in the newly created role, which he will perform in tandem with his existing responsibilities as head of ...

FEATURE | Regulation: Picking up the pieces

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026
When Melinda Kee was sick with COVID-19, she took respite for one week. Kee saw it as an opportunity to tick off some personal administration she'd been meaning to get to, such as changing her pet and health insurance, and electricity and gas providers. ...

Big super to work with Canadian counterparts to drive investment

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2026
Australia's industry super funds and a raft of Canadian pension funds will work together to boost investment in their respective regions. A memorandum of understanding has been signed as part of the Canadian-Australian Pension Funds Investment Initiative ...

Vision Super adds private markets lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026
Industry fund Vision Super has appointed Jonathan Stagg as its new head of unlisted assets. Stagg joins from Zenith Investment Partners, which he joined in November 2023 as part of the real assets research team. There, he covered a diverse mix of infrastructure ...
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