Be ready for lower infrastructure returns: First Super
Populism is forcing regulatory shifts that will raise costs for the infrastructure assets super funds hold, First Super CEO Bill Watson says
Will Hayne break up the banks?
As the release of the royal commission’s final report approaches, industry experts ponder the fate of vertical integration and retail funds.
Finance jobs down but there is a silver lining
A Sunsuper report into the Australian job market has revealed the Hayne royal commission revelations have hit the financial sector hard.
Coal bucks trend with focus on income
Mark Walker, CIO of the UK’s £21 billion ($27 billion) Coal Pension Trustees (CPT), is building a strategy markedly different from what most UK defined-benefit funds do.
ESG strategy goes beyond fossil-fuel screens
Investors that want to position themselves well for climate-change risk need to act on holistic appraisals. Simple exclusions won’t cut it.
Conexus Financial expands retail, institutional teams
Conexus Financial, the publisher of Investment Magazine is adding five new staff members across its sales and editorial divisions.
UK pensions expert condemns CIPR stagnation
Australia’s super funds and government are failing to look after workers’ retirement experience, professor David Blake argues.
MLC launches wealth assault, cuts admin fees
MLC Wealth, the advice and wealth management business carved out of NAB, will make significant cuts to fees on its investment platforms.
Octopus, Edify source $450m for local solar plant
Edify Energy has teamed with a UK investor to fund a solar plant, a sign of growing Australian appetite for renewables
Pension expert urges caution with best-in-show plan
The proposal should boost returns for some but could fall prey to industry lobbyists and risks creating “diseconomies of scale”.
PC report pushes unproven claims: Rice Warner
The PC’s recommendations for super part company with the commission’s own evidence, actuary Rice Warner argues in a new client note.
Communicating risk is ‘industry’s biggest challenge’: MLC
MLC CIO Jonathan Armitage, a Conexus Financial Superannuation Awards nominee for CIO of the Year, talks adjusting to volatility.
