Industry Super Network (ISN) has expanded its research and policy team with two appointments.
Mohita Zaheed has joined the group as an economist, while Anh Nguyen has been installed as a policy analyst.
Zaheed has a special focus on Australia's social and economic infrastructure and has worked with the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) since 2009, most recently in banking supervision.
She has also worked with the Institute for Sustainable Futures and NSW Maritime in policy positions.
Anh has worked for Lonsec as a quantitative and investment analyst, as a quantitative analyst for equity research and an equity analyst for the banking sector for the Royal Bank of Scotland. She has also lectured and tutored on banking and finance subjects at Monash University.
ISN chief executive David Whitely said the appointments would assist the group in developing high calibre research and policy in areas including economics, financial markets and investment, and financial services and superannuation regulation and policy.
The profit-to-member super fund’s MySuper default option has returned 9.85 per cent for the financial year 2024–25.
Colonial First State (CFS) has announced solid double-digit returns for its MySuper balanced and growth equivalent funds during the financial year.
The super fund’s Future Saver High Growth option delivered an 11.9 per cent return for the financial year 2024–25, on the back of a diversified portfolio and actively managed investment strategy.
HESTA has delivered a 10.18 per cent return for its MySuper Balanced Growth option in the 2024–25 financial year, marking the third consecutive year of returns above 9 per cent for the $80 billion industry fund’s default investment strategy.