Rebecca Mikula-Wright, CEO of the Investor Group on Climate Change, said asset owners around the world need to quickly get up-to-speed on the “least-understood risk in the economy”. Local funds are hoping the Australian government’s planned decarbonisation pathways and taxonomies will help give them clarity and confidence.
SMSF administration provider SuperConcepts has entered into an enterprise service agreement with Equity Trustees to continue servicing the administration needs of its Australian Executor Trustees platforms business.
ASIC has appointed Choice CEO Alak Kirland, Treasury first assistant Katherine O’Rourke, and Commonwealth Bank’s Simone Constant as commissioners.
The Institute of Managed Account Professionals has announced the winners of the 2023 IMAP Managed Account Awards across nine categories.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers is expected to kick off a public consultation about retirement income settings, as the landmark intergenerational report shows superannuation will take significant pressure off the age pension over the next four decades. The Conexus Institute’s David Bell says no major DC pension system has successfully pulled off the transition from accumulation mode.
Following is a statement made by the Financial Advice Association to the Senate Economics References Committee on 23 August about ASIC’s performance by FAAA chief executive Sarah Abood and three better ways it can achieve its goals.
Consumer advocate Super Consumers Australia has updated its home-owner retirement savings targets to reflect changes in the cost of living and the Age Pension.
China’s clash with the US creates a slew of currency, geopolitical, climate and military risks for Australia, says Vikram Mansharamani. In an interview on the sidelines of the Portfolio Construction Forum Strategies conference in Sydney, the analyst and Harvard lecturer says institutional investors can’t just ignore them.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks with Conexus Financial editor-in-chief Aleks Vickovich.
In an exclusive interview with Investment Magazine, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says superannuation is an “extraordinary national asset” that should play a critical role in supporting long-term social infrastructure. The government’s proposed purpose of super would preserve retirement savings from raids, he says, while allowing capital to be deployed to national priorities.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called on industry leaders to honour the business community’s “proud history” of support for reconciliation with First Australians, encouraging them to back the referendum to establish an Indigenous Voice to Parliament. It comes as Conexus Financial throws its support behind the ‘Yes23’ campaign.
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