The CIO of ART and deputy CIO of Cbus have shared their insights on how the CIO role is changing with internalisation and their thoughts on international expansion....
The annual expenditure needed to comfortably retire in Australia has risen to a record high in the September quarter due to the growing cost of everyday items, ASFA finds...
Super trustee OnePath Custodians has been ordered to pay $5 million for fees for no service misconduct, less than six months after being fined $1.4 million by APRA....
New projections from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia anticipate approximately half of retiree households to be able to afford a comfortable retiremen...
The super fund has announced a significant $10 billion commitment to its London office, building on its growth trajectory as a global institutional investor....
Vision Super independent director Joanne Dawson has been appointed to the board of real estate investment manager Centuria Capital....
Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation has partnered with Challenger to provide a longevity solution to meet members’ retirement needs. ...
The Responsible Investment Association Australasia has announced the appointment of two co-chief executives, following the departure of Simon O’Connor after over a decade...
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has appointed its next chief executive to lead the body, following an extensive recruitment process after the departu...
The Super Members Council of Australia, the newly formed organisation of the AIST and ISA, has appointed its first chief executive. ...
Removing barriers for superannuation funds to transition to modern investment products would result in members retiring with cumulatively $16 billion more by 2050, accord...
Fund managers believe the move to internalisation has meant a greater focus on internal teams and less on the chief investment officers, according to Frontier, as it iden...
Months into potential merger talks at the request of significant shareholders, the two industry super fund-owned firms have now offered an update on the state of affairs....
Over 65 per cent of flows into the $4.3 trillion funds management industry come from superannuation, according to a report by KPMG and the FSC, but unintended consequence...
Sydney-based Maple-Brown Abbott has been selected to execute a new Australian active small caps mandate in the sovereign wealth fund’s $65 billion listed equities program...
Making concessional and non-concessional contributions to superannuation funds are among the most common queries asked by financial advisers, according to AMP....
Minister for Financial Services, Stephen Jones, has doubled down on his plans for super funds to provide advice, saying they need to ‘step up’ when it comes to advice for...
The government’s first consultation on its Delivering Better Financial Outcomes reforms includes clarification for super funds around paying for financial advice through ...
Expand your cultural literacy through research to gain the trust of clients from diverse backgrounds, super funds have been told....
Australians researching the term ‘retirement planning’ have risen by over 50 per cent in the last month, according to Aware Super, as the fund encourages members approach...
AustralianSuper has usurped the Future Fund as the biggest Australian asset owner, jumping from 43rd to 36th place globally, according to an annual study by the Thinking ...
IFM Investors, the global institutional asset manager owned by superannuation funds, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the UK government to invest £10 billion...
Global investor confidence has seen a muted rise of 0.9 points in September, compared to double-digit gains in the previous month. ...
The super fund has written to the board chair and chief executives of ASX 300 companies with its four key priority expectations ahead of the 2023–24 annual general meetin...
Liquidating the fund to pay down government debt, as suggested by a think tank, would come at a lost value-add of some $200 billion over a decade, according to modelling ...
The Federal Court has ruled in favour of QSuper regarding non-payment of a total and permanent disablement benefit to a member....
Accusing Labor of ‘drip-feeding’ the idea to suit them politically, the Greens has announced its support for planned changes to super tax concessions will be contingent ...
MLC Life Insurance believes life insurers should be able to provide advice under the Quality of Advice Review in the same way as superannuation funds....
The regulator has reached out to the Insurance Council of Australia, Council of Australian Life Insurers, and Financial Services Council about its review of over 100 TMDs...
Low levels of financial literacy and engagement among super fund members are leaving them at risk of losing their insurance cover....