ESG
APRA to update ESG guidelines
Superannuation funds are eagerly awaiting for the prudential regulator to update its definition of climate change risk and treat it as a mainstream financial threat.
Elizabeth FryApril 18, 2019
Elizabeth Fry
Elizabeth Fry has been a financial journalist for more than 25 years and has written for a number of publications, including CFO, The Financial Times and The Australian Financial Review.
People Moves
Rest hires digital banker to lead innovation
Rest has appointed Jeremy Hubbard to the role of group executive, innovation and transformation thus completing an internal overhaul of the $50 billion superannuation fund’s management team.
Elizabeth FryApril 17, 2019
Policy and Regulation
APRA signals tough new enforcement approach
The prudential regulator on Tuesday flagged its plan to take a much tougher approach to enforcement using the full range of its powers to deter bad practices.
Elizabeth FryApril 16, 2019
Post-Retirement
Women in Super urges Canberra to act
Women in Super is urging the future government to deal with the critical issue of improving women's retirement outcomes.
Elizabeth FryApril 15, 2019
CIO profiles
Statewide’s Con Michalakis: A contrarian investor
Statewide Super's high-profile CIO Con Michalakis is known for his bold investing style- a style that inevitably leads to taking contrarian stakes in coveted assets.
Elizabeth FryApril 10, 2019
People Moves
Retirement advice is key: First State Super and VicSuper
Should a merger between First State Super and VicSuper go ahead, the provision of retirement advice will be a major competitive advantage for the combined group,
Elizabeth FryApril 4, 2019
ESG
Global sustainability assets top US$30 trillion
Global socially responsible investments surged 34 per cent to US$30.7 trillion over the past two years, lifted by Japanese pension funds and investor demand amidst growing concern about climate change risk.
Elizabeth FryApril 3, 2019
Policy and Regulation
Changes to Super: Budget brings stability
The Federal Budget has brought stability to superannuation and enhanced confidence in the nation’s retirement funding system, according to ASFA's Martin Fahy.
Elizabeth FryApril 3, 2019