People Moves
REST Industry Super recruits new chief executive from AMP
One of the most hotly contested positions in super has been filled; REST has named its replacement for outgoing CEO Damian Hill.
Sally RoseDecember 1, 2017
brad holzberger
Retirement
The chief retirement income officer may be in super’s future
As the super industry becomes more sophisticated at delivering pension options, we could see the chief retirement income officer emerge.
Dan PurvesApril 18, 2017
Featured Homepage Posts
Investment Magazine Salary Survey 2017: Who gets what
The Investment Magazine Salary Survey 2017 shows super funds are being paid more than ever and short term bonuses are increasingly common.
Dan Purves and Sally RoseFebruary 23, 2017
Investment Strategy
UniSuper’s John Pearce receives biggest bonus
John Pearce received the biggest bonus for a chief investment officer of a large super fund with a payout of $653,586, equivalent to 97.6 per cent of his base salary and super package, in the financial year 2014/15. The bonus size reflects Pearce’s engagement in a number of in-house functions not performed by, or to […]
Dan PurvesNovember 9, 2015
Hedge Funds
Letter to the editor from Brad Holzberger
I read with interest David Rowley’s column on 26 October entitled “Selling Lifecycle”. David referred to me as an advocate of lifecycle investing for default accumulation funds, using the terms “evangelical” and “faith”. I actually fully support the conclusion of David’s column but would take a bit of exception to those two terms. They have […]
Brad HolzbergerOctober 29, 2015
Hedge Funds
QSuper to merge accumulation and decumulation phases
QSuper will start managing default members’ investments through, instead of to retirement within the next few years. Speaking at an IMCA seminar in Sydney, Brad Holzberger, chief investment officer of QSuper, revealed it had always been the fund’s intention to do this, but its first goal had been to launch its accumulation cohort strategy in […]
David RowleySeptember 14, 2015
Hedge Funds
QSuper, Morningstar, Towers Watson call for end to defensive/ growth debate
Three leading investment experts have called for the debate over how to classify growth and defensive assets to be abandoned, following an exchange of views in Investment Magazine. Over the past 10 days IM has published views from PwC and Sam Sicilia, chief investment officer of HOSTPLUS on the issue. PwC highlighted how differing interpretations […]
David RowleyJuly 16, 2015
Hedge Funds
Brad Holzberger: a new way of measuring performance
The debate on how asset classes are categorised as growth and defensive has arisen again. I can recall debating this many times since superannuation performance surveys began to achieve prominence. The matter is deemed important because it enables super funds to categorise their default option into the central balanced (61 – 80) category and thereby […]
Brad HolzbergerJuly 16, 2015