Budget 2023: What can we expect in super?
Redefining the purpose of superannuation and revising the concessional tax rate are among the key themes of this evening’s federal budget announcement.
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Charbel Kadib
Worries over ESG Choice funds’ inclusion in performance test
There are concerns that updated proposals to the Your Future, Your Super performance test will fail to improve the situation for ethical or ESG funds, especially if niche Choice funds are added to the test.
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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.
Super funds increase ‘climate-wrecking’ exposures to $34bn
Australia’s 30 largest super funds reportedly increased their investment exposure to ‘climate-wrecking’ fossil fuel companies to over $34 billion in the past year, according to Market Forces 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.
Super funds running out of places to allocate members' money
Australia’s superannuation funds, investment managers, and custodians are growing increasingly concerned about finding a home for $3.4 trillion of members' money.
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Staff Writer
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SuperFriend shifts goal from awareness to workplace action
The not-for-profit organisation has moved to a new strategic direction of taking meaningful action on mental health as it makes two board hires from Australian Retirement Trust and AustralianSuper.
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.
UniSuper makes $1bn direct European infrastructure investment
The $115 billion superannuation fund has secured a 5 per cent indirect stake in mobile towers business Vantage Towers in a $1 billion deal.
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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.
Purposeful planning key to retirement confidence: Vanguard
A new study conducted by Vanguard has revealed that Australians with a clear retirement plan have the hi
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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.
‘Mega’ super funds extend gap between smaller peers: KPMG
Australia’s seven largest super funds have marched further ahead of the pack, with their smaller competitors impacted by market volatility, according to new KPMG analysis.
AUTHOR
Charbel Kadib
What ESG issues keep super fund leaders up at night?
Super fund leaders have commended the government’s ambition for change and shared how they balance the various ESG concerns of their members.
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.
Will we see super funds herding to the same trades?
With super funds’ investment portfolios all holding similar stocks in a bid to pass the performance test, fund manager Maple-Brown Abbott has questioned whether this is risk diversification or risk intensification.
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.
