Investment talent became substantially more expensive for the top ten funds in the financial year ending June 2021, while salaries for the top jobs saw more modest increases, the latest Investment Magazine salary survey shows.
Despite the ESG reporting regime currently being voluntary in Australia, it is clear that mandatory reporting requirements are on the horizon with pressure coming from a number of domestic areas as well as leads from overseas, Glenda Korporaal writes.
Short-term measures introduced two years ago as a Covid initiative aimed at giving people more access to their super will remain, even while the government pledged no increase in superannuation taxes together with a renewed commitment to stick with the phased increase in compulsory super increases: John Durie writes.
Poor performance in any superannuation product will have nowhere to hide: Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) executive board member Margaret Cole.
Phenomenal growth in direct lending to Australian corporates will continue, says Aware Super’s Mike Cowell
High growth in SMSFs sets a challenge for traditional funds who must concentrate more on providing services rather than just products according to CoreData chief executive Andrew Inwood.
Garry Weaven, former ACTU assistant secretary and renowned industry fund builder, calls on funds to build a public case for themselves in preparation for inevitable years of negative returns and for a review into the SMSF sector in a conversation with Stewart Hawkins, editor, Investment Magazine.
It will be the robustness of fixed interest portfolios that will determine how well you will fare through challenging times according to Mercer’s senior fixed income portfolio manager. Investment returns for long term asset-owners have been driven by equities for the past couple of years, and volatile markets will expose those strategies that don’t have a diversified approach to their fixed interest portfolios.
Former ACTU assistant secretary and renowned industry fund builder, Garry Weaven, called on funds to build a public case for themselves in preparation for inevitable years of negative returns and called for a review into the SMSF sector.
Insignia Financial’s chief executive, Renato Mota, wants to see the organisation, which is rebranding itself from IOOF following its merger with MLC, as one of the top five players in the Australian wealth management sector with assets of between $200 billion and $500 billion. Glenda Korporaal reports.
In the first episode of the podcast series ‘Insight for outcomes’, Junying Shen, vice president and co-head of the private assets research program in the Institutional Advisory & Solutions (IAS) group at PGIM, speaks with Amanda White, editor of Top1000Funds.com (Investment Magazine’s sister publication), on how historical performance and cash flow characteristics differ enormously among infrastructure asset sectors.
With annual inflows now around $20 billion and new members bringing their money with them, the $250 billion fund AustralianSuper is on track to hit $500 billion in assets by 2026 without the need for mergers, according to new CEO Paul Schroder. John Durie reports.
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