Low-rate environment forces insurance CIOs to diversify
There is significant consensus among chief investment officers that the late stage of the credit cycle has been entered into
UniSuper and peak bodies respond to increase in ASIC funding
In a rare move, UniSuper has commented on the Government’s decision to increase funding to ASIC
UniSuper using growth/defensive split inside asset classes
UniSuper is using the underlying risk characteristics of individual assets to categorise them instead of relying on traditional growth/defensive definitions
The concerns of institutional investors
The role of institutional investors in decarbonising the economy is one of the key issues on the minds of super funds
Cbus changing the rules of the game
The traditional path for super funds that face diseconomies of scale is to set up large in-house teams, but there are alternatives
Statewide Super moves to software-as-service model
Statewide Super has decided to focus on fund administration and optimising the member experience, rather than concentrating on internal software development and maintenance
Investment structures put forward for affordable housing
BAMs, DRuMs, a new Commonwealth clearinghouse and a ‘pathway to ownership’ were all suggestions made to the federal government on how to unlock the affordable housing space for institutional investors
Vision Super’s retained funds in retirement jump by $139m
Advice has driven an increase in members taking transition to retirement products, which should give the government food for thought when considering tax arrangements
Leigh Gavin moves to LUCRF Super
Gavin is the second high-profile person to move across from Frontier to a super fund in recent months, marking a wider trend in the industry
Keeping superannuation in perspective
Tom Garcia says we need to think very carefully about long-term consequences of super tax reform before changes are made
Women and super
Australians are brought up to believe that everyone should have a fair go. Yet sometimes we accept this aspect of our identity so strongly that we ignore glaring instances of inequality
