People & products

1 July

People & products

Four new trustees at Hostplus

Four trustees will join the board of the industry fund after four previous trustees reached their tenure limit.

CommInsure has been selected by Prime Super as its new group insurance provider.

29 June

People & products

BT appoints chair as Plumb retires

BT has appointed former Westpac executive Gai McGrath as chair of the BT Super Trustees Boards following the

29 June

People & products

HESTA appoints responsible investment GM

Kim Farrant has been appointed by the health industry super fund as general manager responsible investment.

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21 June

People & products

REST appoints new head of Australian equities

The retail industry fund has appointed Chris Drew as head of Australian equities.

21 June

People & products

Equip chair calls for more ‘logical mergers’

Equip Super and Catholic Super’s director and chair, Andrew Fairley, will step down at the end of the month and

17 June

People & products

REST appoints head of operations

The industry super fund has appointed Corrine Henville, who previously led cultural change initiatives at AMP

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TelstraSuper has announced new investment in innovative technology by partnering with private equity IP Group Plc.

15 June

People & products

GuildSuper selects Iress

GuildSuper has announced it is using Iress’ services to improve the member experience and retirement outcomes.

10 June

People & products

MLC Life appoints chief claims officer

Commencing in August, Andrew Beevors will take over from Jane Dorter who has been on secondment since April 2020.

The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) has appointed Eva Scheerlinck as acting chief executive. Scheerlinck who is currently AIST executive manager, governance and stewardship will commence the new role when current CEO, Tom Garcia, de

8 June

People & products

LCCC names new chair

Jan McClelland has been jointly appointed to chair the Life Code Compliance Committee by the Financial Services

3 June

People & products

Northern Trust appoints Asia-Pacific head

Angelo Calvitto will lead its asset servicing business across the Asia-Pacific region, replacing William Mak who

Northern Trust has made three senior hires in its Sydney and Melbourne offices as a response to business expansion and enhanced local product capabilities. Tania Tuxford and David McWilliams have been hired as business development managers and Simon McDon

1 June

People & products

GAM expands distribution team

Sophie McFayden has been appointed as senior manager – intuitional business, where she will be responsible for

31 May

People & products

Rest appoints CFO

The appointment comes as Rest separates its finance, and people and change functions, due to the impending

28 May

People & products

Rest adds three new leaders

The retail-focused industry fund has appointed a national manager – business solutions, as well as northern and

26 May

People & products

UniSuper appoints Peter Chun as CEO

Peter Chun will start in the role on 6 September, replacing Kevin O’Sullivan who was chief executive at the

Australian insurers are worrying less about regulatory change and more about the threat of a cyber attack.

25 May

People & products

Phishing attacks biggest cybersecurity threat

Business email compromise, otherwise known as “phishing” attacks, is the most serious cybersecurity issue for

12 May

People & products

REST makes two senior appointments

Kiran Singh has been appointed as head of listed assets and Sonia Bluzmanis as head of global equities.

Local Government Super makes board appointments

10 May

People & products

State Street appoints Asia Pacific asset manager head

Neil Macdonald has been appointed to the newly-created role as head of the asset managers segment in Asia Pacific

10 May

People & products

REST changes executive leadership structure

With the retirement of Trevor Evans, group executive – people, finance and change, the industry fund will separate

4 May

People & products

Legalsuper appoints director

Law Institute of Victoria chief executive, Adam Awty, has been appointed as director of the legal industry super

29 April

People & products

HESTA appoints defensives GM

Stephen Howard has been appointed as general manager – defensives to the healthcare industry fund.

Custodian cautions trustees not to ignore the investment implications flowing from climate change.

20 April

People & products

REST launches socially responsible fund

The industry super fund’s Sustainable Growth option will invest in Australian and overseas shares, property,

20 April

People & products

SuperFriend appoints chair

Elizabeth Proust will be the new chair of its board of directors, replacing Cbus chief executive, David Atkin.

19 April

People & products

MLC Life makes two senior appointments

Lesley Mamelok has been appointed general manager, finance and deputy chief financial officer, while Robert

15 April

People & products

Mercer appoints head of Sentinel

Tricia Nguyen has been appointed head of Mercer Sentinel, Pacific, leading the firm’s outsourced due diligence and

9 April

People & products

First Super appoints Michelle Boucher as deputy CEO

The former Cbus Super executive would be responsible for business development, marketing and communications

Rice Warner argues the creation of scope for joint super accounts would help create greater clarity around male and female member investment.

7 April

People & products

Link partners with Retirement Essentials

Link Group’s partnership with the fintech firm aims to help customers prepare for retirement through affordable

30 March

People & products

Mercer appoints three non-exec directors

Alice Williams and Dr Susan Gosling have been appointed to the Mercer Investments board, while Jim Minto has been

19 March

People & products

APRA appoints new board member to oversee super

Margaret Cole will oversee APRA’s superannuation activities, while deputy chair, Helen Rowell, will now be

ANZ has announced it will sell its stake in the Australian joint venture, ANZ ETFs with ETF Securities Group taking full ownership. According to ANZ’s managing director, institutional, Shayne Collins this decision was based on ANZ’s desire to “simplify th

18 March

People & products

Link Group launches quoted managed funds

Link Group and Switzer Asset Management have re-launched the Switzer High Yield Fund as a quoted managed active

17 March

People & products

Raiz Invest targets SMSFs

Self-managed superannuation funds are now able to invest in investment products on the firm’s platform with no

9 March

People & products

LGIAsuper CEO to lead merged fund with Energy Super

LGIAsuper chief executive, Kate Farrar, will lead both funds to help build a sustainable boutique super fund that

9 March

People & products

LGS appoints director

Former Newcastle Deputy Lord Mayor, Declan Clausen, has joined the board, while Karen McKeown will replace Bruce

9 March

People & products

Qualitas makes board appointment

The real estate financier and investment manager has appointed Brian Delaney to its advisory board.

4 March

People & products

AMP launches free intra-fund advice service

The offering is a phone-based conversation to cover super contributions, insurance, and investments for AMP’s

NAB Asset Servicing has ended the long-running industry speculation by confirming Citi as its new global custodian.

4 March

People & products

CFS appoints head of insurance

Colonial First State has appointed Adrian Fortescue to the role, which will support superannuation members who

25 February

People & products

JANA appointed as investment adviser to insurer

The investment consulting firm will tailor asset management strategies to health insurer TUH Health Fund.

23 February

People & products

Heitman expands Asia Pacific operations and leadership team

The firm has appointed Zhou (Raymond) Zhang to its client service and marketing group, and Brad Fu and Yunjung

18 February

People & products

Custody assets reach $4 trillion

While improving market valuations and returns has seen a rebound in assets under custody, wet signature

Strong support exists for independent directors on super boards

18 February

People & products

Aus Ethical expands team

The ethical investment firm has expanded its adviser sales, distribution and investment teams.

18 February

People & products

Cbus appoints HR executive

Kristin Miller has been appointed by the building and construction super fund as group executive, people and

15 February

People & products

UniSuper CEO resigns

Kevin O’Sullivan will step down from the role later this year after eight years at the helm.

12 February

People & products

Cbus adds three asset heads

It has made three new key appointments to head its property, private equity and equity portfolio construction

11 February

People & products

Maritime Super and Hostplus enter partnership

The partnership between the industry super funds will be done via Hostplus’ Pooled Superannuation Trust, granting

11 February

People & products

Rest appoints Charles River for front and middle office operations

The State Street company will be used to consolidate front and middle office operations with its cloud-based

NGS Super and QIEC take unusual step of pursuing merger based on master trust structure.

4 February

People & products

Fund mergers highlight focus on people

The increase in mergers of super funds has highlighted the importance of making sure those workforces merge

4 February

People & products

Chant West appoints institutional sales head

Don Sillar has been appointed to the role to help empower superannuation members and advice clients to make

4 February

People & products

State Super appoints defined benefits GM

Keri Pratt has been appointed to the role of general manager defined benefits, assets and liabilities.

28 January

People & products

HESTA partners with SimCorp Dimension

The partnership with the cloud investment platform will allow the superannuation fund to grow its internal and

28 January

People & products

MLC Life appoints innovation head

In a boost to the company’s struggling technology services, it has appointed Rick Wingfield as chief innovation

21 January

People & products

State Super appoints CIO

Deputy chief investment officer and CFS Societies Sydney president, Charles Wu, will take on the role.

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