Balancing act: cover vs risk
The now- paused Protecting Your Super package dramatically changes the concept of group insurance, giving trustees pause to think.
Shareholders axe board ‘benefit of the doubt’: ACSI
Individuals and institutions are operating in a low-trust environment and sentiment does not look set to change any time soon.
APRA forces trustees to look in the mirror
Trustees will soon be forced to annually benchmark themselves and judge whether they provide value-for-money to their members.
Gilmore picks up NZ CIO role
Former Future Fund chief investment strategist Stephen Gilmore is set to be CIO of New Zealand’s sovereign wealth fund.
Consumers losing out as funds struggle to explain risk
PDS’ are a poor starting point for consumers looking to better understand the concept of risk, according to one super fund CIO.
Competition rises among private lenders as banks exit
The number of private credit opportunities across Asia is growing and, even as rising competition compresses spreads.
Super sector gets more time on transparency
ASIC’s controversial fee disclosure regime will be implemented in 2020, a year later than expected.
Renewables will find a way in Australia: Octopus Investments
Australia will shift to renewables amid a swell of consumer and investor demand, but the transition from coal will be anything but orderly.
Super bill pause allows for ‘sensible compromise’
A casualty of the tumultuous last sitting days of Federal Parliament was the failure to pass the Protecting Your Superannuation Package Bill
Source of more than just truth
ASX is promising that its new blockchain-based system will go beyond settlement upgrades– but questions remain.
IOOF splits super trustees from funds
IOOF names a chair and acting chief, and split its super trustee business from its funds management operations in response to APRA action.
IOOF top brass face super ban
APRA has commenced legal proceedings to ban five IOOF executives, including MD Chris Kelaher, from running a superannuation fund.
