It has been recently confirmed that Statewide Super, WA Super and Tasplan are currently considering a merge with all three funds signing a Memorandum of Understanding.READ MORE
Woman in Super (WIS) announced that they will be continuing their collaboration with AGSM@UNSW Business School by providing women a chance to win four scholarships to a leadership course of their choosing at AGSM. READ MORE
HESTA announced yesterday that Rob Fowler, their executive of investment execution will be retiring in July this year. In HESTA’s media release announcing this change (which can be found here), the fund’s current CEO, Debby Blakey is noted to point out that “Rob was the second HESTA employee hired in our investments team and over many years he has made an amazing difference to the financial future of our members through delivering strong, long-term investment performance” .
In light of this change, a new role will be created to lead the investment team at the fund with the position of ‘Head of Investment Execution’. This person will report to HESTA CIO, Sonya Sawtell-Rickson, and will be a member of the senior leadership team at HESTA.
No doubt the search is now underway at HESTA to fill Rob’s shoes at the fund and we will be keeping a keen eye on how this search pans out!
The Federal Government has commenced acting on the recommendations made by the Royal Commission following their review of the banking, superannuation and finance industry.READ MORE
Mercer has recently announced a newly created role, Head of Investments in Australia, which will be undertaken by Michael Armitage.
Sunsuper has managed to retain another two corporate funds into its mix with IAG and NRMA super plans joining its management later this year. This will be the third merger by Sunsuper in the last two years.READ MORE
As days have passed since the release of the Royal Commission’s final report into the misconduct in Banking, Superannuation and Finance, there have been many who have been carefully reviewing and analysing the key points raised and the Royal Commission’s 76 recommendations made in its report.READ MORE
Some of the leading people in the business and political world met recently in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland at the Annual World Economic Forum.READ MORE
The day has arrived – the Final Report of the Royal Commission into the Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry has been released today.READ MORE
Research has indicated a greater effort to increase gender diversity within the funds management space (particularly the encouragement of woman taking up senior and leadership roles) can provide many benefits including an improved company culture and also better risk adjusted returns for investors (The Frontier Lines: The power of gender diversity in the workplace, issue 138 July 2018).READ MORE