SimCorp has appointed Malcolm Lister to the role of client manager for Australia and New Zealand in which he will focus on developing relationships across business and technology with key SimCorp clients including Challenger, Macquarie and QBE.
Lister has experience in driving regional growth in financial services, most recently with CA and SAS Institute, according to SimCorp. He also has a background in consulting and has held senior positions with banks such as Standard Chartered and HSBC.
SimCorp Asia managing director Peter Hill said Lister’s background in technology and the financial sector gave him a rare perspective of investment management. “His detailed knowledge of strategic and operational issues will be invaluable,” Hill said.
The Your Future, Your Super scheme and RG 97 may be directing capital away from more productive uses and discouraging active investment strategies, says the independent MP.
SuperRatings has shared the top 10 balanced options of the last financial year.
Rest Super remains “fully committed” to equities, even as it anticipates higher market volatility than experienced in previous decades.
Australian superannuation funds have again generated strong returns for FY25, with the median growth fund returning 10.5 per cent for the year, according to Chant West.