Governance

Rice Warner's Jenni Baxter (Pic: Supplied)

Governance

Trustees keep a watching brief on rising insurance premiums

Already worsening claims experience, new regulations and Covid-19 impacts are combining to push group insurance premiums higher, but super trustees will watch and wait before taking action.

Meredith BoothAugust 6, 2020

Governance

CalPERS chair Henry Jones on mapping racism

The CalPERS chair features in a series of in depth interviews which consider drastic measures investors and society need to take to reset a system that is has led us into a crisis and is still fundamentally broken.

Amanda WhiteAugust 5, 2020

Governance

Life during early release: Funds need to maximise relevance

An outcome of early release is the trusted position superannuation funds find themselves in at a time when people are potentially the most vulnerable. Now is the time to use this trust to build engagement and confidence, Jason Andriessen writes.

Jason AndriessenAugust 3, 2020

Governance

Damian Graham unpacks First State Super’s climate aspirations

Impact analysis for real assets and the building out of a new benchmarking framework for carbon emissions are two internal projects that will bring a deeper ESG focus to the soon-to-be rebranded fund's investment team.

Matthew SmithJuly 29, 2020

Outgoing Mine Super CIO David Bell (Pic: supplied)

Governance

Standardisation to address performance gaming

A proposal, released on Thursday for industry consultation, suggests a scoring system to help map unlisted assets to appropriate growth/defensive scores as part of its plan to create asset category standardisation.

Matthew SmithJuly 22, 2020

Governance

Media Super entertained other shared services tie-ups, more deals like this to come

Funds will be watching closely recent deals that consolidate back office and investment operations but preserve brand and team identities as more shared service tie-ups get aired with boards.

Matthew SmithJuly 20, 2020

Policy and Regulation

Exploring big ideas with Senator Jane Hume

The message from Senator Jane Hume is clear: micro-reforms will be ever-constant. Funds need to be set-up to integrate micro-reform and maintain the ability to innovate. Funds which can’t keep pace will have to merge, which also fits with policy objectives - David Bell writes.

David BellJuly 16, 2020

Policy and Regulation

Super industry ‘too defensive’ about early release scheme: Bragg

The Liberal Senator said people using their super to pay for essentials during the pandemic is an appropriate use of their money, even if that does make the industry ‘uncomfortable’.

Tahn SharpeJuly 16, 2020

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