The head of active equities at CPP, Frank Ieraci, says the $662 billion Canadian pensions giant is experimenting with technology, including artificial intelligence-backed applications to identify the true drivers of stock prices.
Nobel Prize-winning economist Myron Scholes told the Fiduciary Investors Symposium at Stanford University that the focus of asset owners needs to shift from measuring risk to managing it, to avoid the downside while capturing the upside and allowing compounding to do its thing.
UniSuper, alongside the UK’s Pension Protection Fund and a subsidiary of Dutch pension fund ABP, have acquired a 170,000-hectare hardwood plantation in Tasmania from asset manager New Forests for an undisclosed sum.
Just as institutional investors sought certainty on climate change policy so they could begin work on decarbonisation, so too should they back the referendum on constitutional recognition of First Nations Australians, so we can get on with reconciliation.
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) on Wednesday Leeanne Turner as interim CEO of the association. Gary Dransfield has also been reappointed chair.
Investment management firm Challenger has signed on as an exclusive three-year naming rights partner of the PGA Tour of Australasia – its first sponsorship deal in Australian sport.
Allianz Retire+ has launched Guaranteed Income for Life, a group retirement solution that allows super funds to offer a streamlined and thorough retirement experience to members while targeting specific cohorts.
The Financial Services Council has urged the federal government to expand its oversight of group insurance arrangements with super funds amid concerns about services standards and consumer complaints about claims handling. The case is made in an unpublished submission to Treasury’s objective of superannuation consultation, seen by Investment Magazine.
Betashares will keep working with all of its existing clients, including a handful of superannuation funds, after it enters the market itself with the pending acquisition of Bendigo Bank’s super business. The move bucks the trend set by rival Vanguard, which abandoned an estimated $100 billion worth of segregated mandate accounts ahead of its retail super push.
APRA and ASIC have jointly released a comprehensive information package to assist the financial services sector in implementing the Financial Accountability Regime (FAR).
Megatrends are the forces that will shape our planet, our society and our lives decades into the future. The Fiduciary Investors Symposium at Stanford University heard Megatrends provide potentially rich pickings for investors, as long as they know how to use them.
After 31 years representing funds in the profit-to-member sector, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees has officially entered voluntary liquidation to pave way for the creation of the new Super Members Council of Australia. Former AIST directors say the association has left a legacy both in the industry and in national life.
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