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Funds SA appoints chief investment officer

ANDREW MCKEAN | FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2024

... in February 2025. Hostplus deputy chief investment officer Con Michalakis, who assumed the 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. ...

Spatium partners to launch wholesale agricultural fund

MATTHEW WAI | WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024

... and manage the volatility through geographical and sectoral diversity." The announcement follows Spatium Capital's recent merger with the Singapore-based Conduit Group.

TelstraSuper and Equip Super merger to go ahead

ELIZA BAVIN | TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2024

TelstraSuper and Equip Super have confirmed their merger, with the boards signing a binding Heads of Agreement to proceed with a successor fund transfer and appointing key leadership roles. The agreement follows the announcement in September that the ...

Australian Retirement Trust primed for growth: Morningstar

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2024

... has merged with Alcoa of Australia Retirement Plan, AvSuper, and CBA Group Super, to name a few. It is also planning a merger with Qantas Super. Morningstar said the focus is now on future growth, and it expects ART will manage at least $500 billion ...

Brighter Super makes fee, death benefit changes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024

Brighter Super is reducing administration fees from January 1, while also introducing a weekly account keeping fee. It's also changing the way death benefits are dealt with. Effective January, the annual percentage-based admin fee charged to Brighter ...

Cbus confirms CFMEU nominations to board

ELIZA BAVIN | TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024

... about the nominations, particularly for Crumlin who chaired the underperforming Maritime Super for many years prior to its merger with Hostplus. He is also currently the national president of the CFMEU. Cbus said Crumlin has displayed ongoing advocacy ...

CareSuper, MIESF assess merger potential

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024

CareSuper and the Meat Industry Employees' Superannuation Fund (MIESF) are exploring the viability of a merger. The two funds have entered a Heads of Agreement and commenced a due diligence process. It comes hot on the heels of CareSuper completing ...

Cbus board still considering CFMEU directors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024

... met with some ire, namely because Crumlin chaired the severely underperforming Maritime Super for many years prior to its merger with Cbus. Senator Andrew Bragg, as chair of the Senate Economics References Committee, asked Fok whether O'Mara, Crumlin ...

Small caps boutique merges with Conduit Group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024

Small caps investment house Spatium Capital has inked a merger agreement with Singapore's Conduit Group. Spatium Capital, based in Melbourne, is merging with Conduit Securities and Conduit Asset Management, subsidiaries of Conduit Group, as both parties ...

Evalesco and Principal Edge merge

ELIZA BAVIN | MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024

Evalesco Financial Services and Principal Edge Financial Services have announced a strategic merger. Evalesco chief executive Jeff Thurecht will lead the combined business as chief executive, alongside director Marshall Brentnall and general manager ...

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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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