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Super-owned IFM chases govt infrastructure capital demand

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The role of IFM Investors in arranging a visit by a delegation of Australian super funds to the US last month gives a pointer to the scale of the longer-term ambitions of the global super-fund-owned asset manager, and a recent investment in the manager by the UK pension fund NEST is designed to give it even greater clout. IFM chair Cath Bowtell tells Investment Magazine the manager aims to be a partner to governments around the world as they seek capital to build critical infrastructure.

Beyond the chaos, Trump’s unwitting role in a new equilibrium

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Despite the apparent chaos and US President Donald Trump’s many idiosyncrasies – and those of the people he’s surrounded by – it does not signal that the US is declining in either power or influence, and a ‘new equilibrium’ will emerge, the Fiduciary Investors Symposium in Singapore heard.

Why members shouldn’t pay when trustees misbehave

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A case brought by ASIC against AustralianSuper sets out how and why profit-to-member fund trustees are treated differently from for-profit trustees when it comes to penalties imposed by the courts. But while ASIC has been accused of going soft on profit-to-member funds, it’s appropriate that when trustees misbehave it’s not fund members who are left to carry the can.

Investors split on responsible investment outlook as anti-ESG sentiment soars

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Donald Trump’s return to the White House has raised not only doubts around the future of clean energy in the world’s largest economy but also threatens to change the course of net zero movements around the world. The Investment Magazine Chair Forum heard that global investors’ ability to collaborate is “being challenged”, but this is not to say that investors are not making ground individually.

Behavioural influences hold back retirees. Super funds are part of the solution.

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While much of the industry’s focus is on investment decisions, behavioural influences can have an even greater effect on consumer decisions around their retirement, especially as retirement brings extra dimensions of complexity. But there are ways super funds can understand and allow for a range of potential behavioural influences.

Forman at the forefront of Team Super retirement push

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The merger of Mine Super and TWU Super to become Team Super will put it in what chief retirement officer Sarah Forman says is a sweet spot: big enough to be efficient and competitive, and small enough to develop deep relationships with members. She says when it comes to helping them navigate retirement, that’s critical.

Razor-sharp focus on internal capabilities helps NGS compete against blunt force of scale

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When a small super fund can’t exploit economies of scale to the same extent as its larger counterparts, competitive advantages must be sought in other ways. For NGS Super chief investment officer Ben Squires, that means carefully questioning what the fund handles internally – and acting on the sometimes unexpected answers.

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