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Funds SA appoints chief investment officer

ANDREW MCKEAN | FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2024

... role in March 2022 after the merger between Hostplus and Statewide Superannuation, is the appointee. Michalakis led investments at Statewide for more than 13 years. Prior to that, Michalakis held roles at Pzena Investment Management, Merrill Lynch, Alliance ...

Former abrdn MD takes on chief executive role

ELIZA BAVIN | FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2024

Hearts and Minds Investments (HM1) has announced current chief executive Paul Rayson will step down from the role, effective 19 February 2025. Rayson has been chief executive since the company was founded and listed on the ASX in November 2018. Hearts ...

Nuveen raises over $400m for real estate debt strategy

MATTHEW WAI | THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024

Nuveen has closed its first commingled Australian commercial real estate debt strategy with investments of over $400 million from the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA) and Temasek. The strategy, leveraging Nuveen Real Estate's ...

Trustees, advisers have 'insufficient focus' on performance

ELIZA BAVIN | WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024

... advice from the adviser over the preceding two years," Kirkland said. "In spite of this, these members were making investments into the underperforming options through their superannuation fund - possibly as a result of automated investments of their ...

Half of advice, super complaints result in no remedy

ELIZA BAVIN | WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024

... complaint, accounting for three times more complaints than the second most common issue. The top three issues for investments and advice complaints were service-related issues (45%), general service delay (14%), and technical problems (9%). Interestingly ...

Keystone Asset Management to be wound up

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2024

... ASIC is investigating KAM, its directors and officers, the super trustees, the financial advisers who recommended investments in Shield, the lead generators, and others. At a meeting yesterday, KAM's creditors resolved to wind the business up and ...

Nuveen extends private credit fund to Australian investors

ELIZA BAVIN | TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2024

... investment vehicle that seeks to provide current income and attractive risk-adjusted returns from private capital investments in US middle market companies. Nuveen said the fund provides wholesale investors with exposure to a diversified portfolio of ...

Family office investment lead joins TCorp

ELIZABETH FRY | MONDAY, 2 DEC 2024

... and Sydney. Young spent the last five years working for the family office of the Fairfax family. There, she managed investments, advised and looked after family foundations. She reported to Riccardo Briganti, who has also been at Cambooya for around ...

Geopolitical tensions create investor opportunity: Franklin Templeton

ELIZA BAVIN | MONDAY, 2 DEC 2024

... alignment with stakeholder values," Catechis said. "Some investors adhere strictly to principles precluding defense investments, while others align with government policies to meet emerging needs." Catechis suggested investors look towards investing ...

OC Funds Management launches fund, scores mandate

MATTHEW WAI | MONDAY, 2 DEC 2024

... investors a diversified portfolio tailored to capture opportunities in this dynamic segment of the market." Head of investments Robert Frost said the fund is a "natural extension" to its investment universe with increased investment interest into the ...

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Funds SA appoints chief investment officer

ANDREW MCKEAN

Funds SA has appointed a new chief investment officer, who will join from Hostplus, to commence in February 2025.

Australian Retirement Trust appoints new chief risk officer

ANDREW MCKEAN

Australian Retirement Trust (ART) has appointed a new chief risk officer that's set to start in March 2025.

UniSuper has 'some work to get on with' on cyber front: Chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON

UniSuper's leadership team has touched on how the fund is strengthening its operations following the extensive system outage in May this year.

Super framework, SMSFs conducive to financial abuse: Inquiry

KARREN VERGARA

Lax superannuation laws make it too easy for perpetrators of domestic violence to access victims' retirement savings, while the current framework for self-managed super funds (SMSFs) enables financial abuse to flourish, a parliamentary inquiry found.

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