Aussie super funds 4th most transparent, new benchmark finds

Across the globe the transparency of disclosure varied greatly, both between countries and between funds across all the factors that were measured. In some instances there are wild variances between the best and worst performers, the new benchmark reflects.

Block’s big trade: Inside Australian Catholic’s March 2020 bet

The Australian Catholic CIO used all his discretion to maintain an underweight position in risk assets before recommending a deployment of cash into equities and credit in what turned out to be the most valuable superannuation fund trade of 2020, Matthew Smith writes.

‘We were never in a liquidity situation’: HostPlus

The $50 billion fund’s deputy CIO – brought onto the panel to replace a sick Sam Sicilia – said the fund had enough liquidity amidst the early release scheme to manage “well beyond even the worst scenario we could imagine”.

Group Insurance Summit Digital Part 2 2021 Live Stream

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Innovate to avoid forced mergers: Fairley

Greater transparency brought on by new regulatory requirements will lead to funds quickly realising the writing is on the wall to merge, but time might be running out for some, Togethr and Equipsuper’s Andrew Fairley says.