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.
MetLife Australia has launched its 2023 Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) as part of its commitment to reconciliate with First Nations peoples.
Australian Retirement Trust has completed a successor fund transfer with Woolworths Group and Endeavour Group, and flagged that more transactions are to come. The deal takes ART’s total pool of assets to more than $260 billion.
The board and senior management of $115 billion industry fund UniSuper have signed off on a strategy that frames financial advice as equally important to the fund’s mission statement as investing prudently on their members’ behalf.
Financial services software company Bravura Solutions has appointed Greg Johnson as global head of product as it continues to transition to a product-centric organisation.
The Financial Advice Association has launched its inaugural FAAA Awards program, designed to recognise members who deliver the highest standards of professional and trusted advice to Australian consumers, and those who are going above and beyond to support their local communities.
Profit-for-member fund Rest has estimated that up to 260,000 of its members are now receiving their full super entitlements due to the removal of the monthly income threshold of $450 on 1 July 2022.
AMP has agreed to settle the shareholder class action brought after the Hayne royal commission in 2018 for $110 million.
The investment intelligence behind Australia’s largest asset owners and their teams
In-depth interviews with leaders, experts and visionaries in the institutional investment community
Updates on the latest industry policy developments and regulation
The challenges and innovations of custody, technology and operational due diligence
Investment Magazine provides in-depth, monthly analysis of trends and developments for all the businesses in which superannuation funds engage‚ including asset allocation, investment manager selection, custody and fund accounting, member administration, group insurance and compliance.
We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of this land upon which Conexus Financial sits, the Cadigal of the Eora Nation. We recognise their continuing connection and unique cultural and spiritual relationships to the land, waters and community. We pay our deepest respects to them and their culture, and to Elders both past and present.
