Allocation to illiquid assets by a super fund needs to be informed by the fund’s net-inflow characteristics, not just present inflows, but prospective inflows, new research shows.
Before using members’ money to advertise, trustees should be asking themselves if the fund has a sustainable future.
Vision Super’s recently appointed first female chair, Lisa Darmanin, says the reasons women lag men in the size of their retirement nest eggs has more to do with broad systemic issues than it does necessarily with the superannuation system itself.
NGS Super and Australian Catholic Super have called off a merger a week after the prudential regulator outlined new protocols relating to how merging funds can and can’t use their respective performance histories.
In episode 119, Investment Magazine’s Amanda White speaks with Harsh Parikh, principal in the Institutional Advisory & Solutions group at PGIM.
Regulations leading to greater trustee accountability will drive some convergence between the business models of industry and retail superannuation funds, experts say.
We are living in troubling times but Australian of the Year, Grace Tame, shared her experiences in dealing with trauma to a summit of group insurance professionals.
The new YFYS legislation had many benefits according to Cbus head of insurance Noel Lacey and Deloitte partner Jenni Baxter, but both said it has caused headaches for group insurers.
Incorporating infrastructure opportunities into an investment mandate is a lot more complex than it used to be, as funds open their minds to new categorisations while keeping an eye on infrastructure’s traditional role of preserving capital, a group of experts has discussed.
This panel discussed the challenges of the period and how each chief executive has tried to manage expectations, performance and empathy.
Greenwashing is pervasive and it’s no mystery why, according to Professor Stephen Kotkin, who says governments continue to sign on to mandates they cannot meet, and investors pledge commitments they cannot redeem, creating a lucrative industry in greenwashing.
This session explored the best practice that has been established in allowing people to best navigate the problems faced by insurance professionals.
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