Big building and construction industry fund CBus has beefed up its executive ranks with three senior appointments — two in the marketing and communications area and one related to investment strategy.
CBus chief executive David Atkin said the fund had appointed former AustralianSuper staffer David Constable as marketing manager, while Mark Ward had been appointed communications manager.
He said that former Frontier Investment Consulting staffer Tim Ridley had been appointed as investment strategy manager.
The industry fund has upped its investment in start-ups, helping to unlock the benefits of innovation and emerging technologies.
The chair of the Future Fund has slammed critics of the sovereign wealth’s new mandate as “factually incorrect”.
Super Review understands the Division 296 legislation could be facing the chopping block, with Labor said to be struggling to secure support ahead of the final sitting week of the year.
Deloitte Access Economics has raised concerns about the government’s recent changes to the Future Fund’s investment mandate, questioning the necessity and implications of the reforms.