UniSuper and Australian Catholic Super complete merger
WEBUniSuper and Australian Catholic Superannuation (ACS) have completed a merger to form a $115 billion super fund which came about after ACS failed APRA’s performance test last year. The ACS investment team led by Michael Block will not be joining UniSuper a spokesperson for the fund confirmed. With a member base of 620,000 members, the ...
Multi-asset investing taking on a new role: Vontobel’s Seiler
WEBMulti-asset investing will become the new savings strategy, as low-yields force managers to rethink the traditional 60/40 portfolio and recalibrate their return expectations. With investors contending with diminishing yields and fixed income failing to provide defensive characteristics, Daniel Seiler, head of the multi asset boutique at ...
Deanne Stewart leads female rise in top paid super ranks
WEBMar 15, 2021 · Females are among the top paid executives in superannuation and were the biggest movers and shakers in Investment Magazine’s 2021 super fund salary survey, but the bulk of the cash in the top 10 rankings still goes to men.. Deanne Stewart (main picture) became the highest paid superannuation fund CEO in the country this year, leapfrogging from 7th position the previous year, a timeframe that ...
Mental health awareness is improved, more work to be done: …
WEBMay 28, 2021 · The roundtable was discussing ways the country’s largest insurers and superannuation funds could address mental health post-pandemic, following on from a series of roundtable events on the topic held this time last year.. Participants reflected the full gamut of stakeholders including superannuation funds, insurers, not-for-profit organisations, state governments, medical and mental health ...
Landmark climate disclosures bill passes Senate
WEBAug 23, 2024 · Investors can expect more standardised climate information from large Australian listed and unlisted companies in the new year, after a Treasury amendment bill that sets out mandatory climate risk disclosure rule passed the Senate on Wednesday. While initially beneficiaries of the rule as investors, super funds will face the same responsibilities after a phase-in period.
Generation Life launches updated investment-linked retirement …
WEBJun 9, 2023 · Behind the scenes of a decade of sharemarket scandals. Generation Life has launched its next generation of investment-linked lifetime annuity offering LifeIncome which gives retirees more flexibility for example to include a loved one other than a spouse as a the reversionary beneficiary when LifeIncome is commenced with non-super money.
Jon Lukomnik | Maslow’s hammer, beta activism and the modern …
WEBInvestment Magazine provides in-depth, monthly analysis of trends and developments for all the businesses in which superannuation funds engage‚ including asset allocation, investment manager selection, custody and fund accounting, member administration, group insurance and compliance.. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of this land upon which Conexus Financial sits, the Cadigal of ...
Cambooya family office war chest ready and waiting
WEBJul 16, 2020 · One of Australia’s oldest and most mature family offices, Cambooya, is taking a wait-and-see posture to new investments this year, viewing equities as over-priced and doubtful that private equity opportunities will be as lucrative as many believe, according to its head of investments, Kathryn Young. Cambooya has amassed a significant war chest of liquidity that it is keen to deploy as ...
There’s much more to governance of unlisted assets than valuation
WEBThe biggest risk many super fund members face is not investment volatility but rather not accumulating enough to live on in retirement. Australian Retirement Trust head of investment strategy Andrew Fisher takes Investment Magazine behind the scenes of a migration that saw 1.4 million members moved to a higher-risk, higher-return investment strategy, designed to help them accumulate more at ...
Technology - Investment Magazine
WEBAug 8, 2024 · Investment Magazine provides in-depth, monthly analysis of trends and developments for all the businesses in which superannuation funds engage‚ including asset allocation, investment manager selection, custody and fund accounting, member administration, group insurance and compliance.. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of this land upon which Conexus Financial sits, the Cadigal of ...
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