Super bodies welcome passage of affordable housing bill
The establishment of a $10 billion housing fund is an important step towards increasing the supply of affordable housing in Australia while providing new investment avenues for institutions, according to leading super bodies.
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Rhea Nath
Rhea L Nath is a journalist on Super Review and InvestorDaily, with a focus on funds management, superannuation, and institutional investment. Previously, she covered small business and entrepreneurship news at Dynamic Business and multicultural issues at Indian Link Media Group. In 2022, she was named Young Journalist of the Year at the NSW Premier’s Multicultural Communications Awards.
HESTA appoints portfolio design head
HESTA has appointed Dianne Sandoval as head of portfolio design, joining from a public pension fund in Saudi Arabia.
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Laura Dew
Laura Dew is editor at Super Review. Prior to joining SR, she spent five years working at Investment Week in the UK covering asset and wealth management.
Legalsuper CIO steps down
Legalsuper has lost a second C-suite executive as its chief investment officer, Norman Zhang, will be leaving in December, just weeks after it announced the exit of chief operating officer Trevin Erichsen.
AUTHOR
Rhea Nath
Rhea L Nath is a journalist on Super Review and InvestorDaily, with a focus on funds management, superannuation, and institutional investment. Previously, she covered small business and entrepreneurship news at Dynamic Business and multicultural issues at Indian Link Media Group. In 2022, she was named Young Journalist of the Year at the NSW Premier’s Multicultural Communications Awards.
Aware Super launches adviser portal
In line with the fund’s digital transformation project, Aware Super’s new portal enables independent financial advisers to more efficiently manage clients’ investment options and be less reliant on call centres.
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Jasmine Siljic
Jasmine Siljic is a journalist at Super Review. Prior to joining SR, she also worked across other Momentum Media brands as an intern and cadet journalist. She recently completed a Bachelor of Media and Communications at Macquarie University.
The value of airport investment: TelstraSuper
The super fund expects its partly owned airports’ revenue to exceed pre-pandemic levels over the next few years, acting as a valuable sector in its infrastructure asset class.
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Jasmine Siljic
Jasmine Siljic is a journalist at Super Review. Prior to joining SR, she also worked across other Momentum Media brands as an intern and cadet journalist. She recently completed a Bachelor of Media and Communications at Macquarie University.
AustralianSuper invests $2.5bn in digital infrastructure deal
AustralianSuper has made its first significant venture into data centres with a $2.5 billion deal with global alternatives investment manager DigitalBridge Group.
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Laura Dew
Laura Dew is editor at Super Review. Prior to joining SR, she spent five years working at Investment Week in the UK covering asset and wealth management.
Early super access desirable for over half of Australians
Over half of Australians would access their super early if they could in the current cost-of-living crisis, much like the early access observed during the pandemic, according to research.
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Rhea Nath
Rhea L Nath is a journalist on Super Review and InvestorDaily, with a focus on funds management, superannuation, and institutional investment. Previously, she covered small business and entrepreneurship news at Dynamic Business and multicultural issues at Indian Link Media Group. In 2022, she was named Young Journalist of the Year at the NSW Premier’s Multicultural Communications Awards.
FHSS legislation passes to address scheme’s pain points
The government has passed legislation improving the efficiency of the First Home Super Saver Scheme.
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Laura Dew
Laura Dew is editor at Super Review. Prior to joining SR, she spent five years working at Investment Week in the UK covering asset and wealth management.
ART expands sustainable investment team with WTW hire
Australian Retirement Trust has appointed a sustainable investment portfolio manager, who joins after more than 20 years at consultancy WTW.
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Laura Dew
Laura Dew is editor at Super Review. Prior to joining SR, she spent five years working at Investment Week in the UK covering asset and wealth management.
Two major super funds urged to reconsider Woodside investments
Two funds are being called out for failing to divest from Australia’s largest oil and gas company, resulting in undermining their own climate commitments and potentially toeing the line of greenwashing.
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Rhea Nath
Rhea L Nath is a journalist on Super Review and InvestorDaily, with a focus on funds management, superannuation, and institutional investment. Previously, she covered small business and entrepreneurship news at Dynamic Business and multicultural issues at Indian Link Media Group. In 2022, she was named Young Journalist of the Year at the NSW Premier’s Multicultural Communications Awards.
