Myth-busting the Turnbull government’s super changes
Despite the naysayers, the government is committed to ensuring the super system is sustainable, flexible and has integrity
Maintaining a system that is the envy of the world
An objective enshrined in law will provide a benchmark against which we can measure the impact of policy changes
‘Brexit only part of a bigger issue,’ Sunsuper economist
Geopolitics needs to be considered as a first order risk by investors, as Brexit is only a symptom of the bigger issue – populism’s rise
‘Brexit – what to do?’ IOOF’s CIO
IOOF chief investment officer, Steve Merlicek, comments on Brexit and the implications for investors
Central banks shooting blanks?
There is a crisis of confidence concerning the functioning of central banks and the entire fiat monetary system
The medium-term outlook for fixed income and credit
If cash and fixed income aren’t delivering the expected results, and may not in the medium term, can global credit take a bigger role?
Oscar Fabian retires from VicSuper
Fabian evolved the investment strategy including a major restructure of the investment portfolio into a core and satellite model
New role at Cbus part of direct equities investing strategy
To help develop a direct equities investing strategy, Cbus has appointed Ramanan Sooriyakumar to the newly created role of senior equities research analyst.
Insourcing hints at move to Future Fund-type partnerships
Partnership models with fund managers could become more prevalent across the superannuation industry due to the internalisation of asset management, says academic at Frontier Advisors Annual Conference.
Super funds bet against Warren Buffett
By allocating to alternatives, super funds have gone down the opposite route to that of Warren Buffett in his bet against alternatives; and they have not been winning
HESTA awards $500 million mandate to IFM
HESTA has awarded a $500 million mandate to IFM for its recently launched global indexed equities strategy, principally because of cost
