PwC

Investment Strategy

QSuper tie-up heralds more deals in 2020

Next year is shaping up to be a busy one for mergers in the superannuation industry. QSuper’s potential tie-up with Sunsuper to create a $180 billion fund is said to be just one of a number of deals that will be announced in the next 12 months.

Sarah JonesNovember 6, 2019

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said he will wait to comment on the report

Retirement

Retirement income review: What does the industry really think?

Treasurer Frydenberg’s long-awaited review of the retirement income system has been broadly welcomed by the industry. Here's a snapshot of what some of the assets owners and advisers think.

Sarah JonesSeptember 30, 2019

Technology

Funds have chance to be at ‘forefront of innovation’: PwC

Super funds ability to innovate has been hampered by the massive cost involved and the fear of failure.

Rachel AlembakisMarch 11, 2019

Opinion

Banks aren’t leaving wealth due to lack of profitability

There were many reasons the Big Banks decided to divest from their wealth management arms in 2018, but declining profit was not one of them.

Tahn SharpeJanuary 17, 2019

Events

Super sector ripe for technological disruption

For the financial services sector, the real danger of disruption comes from small, unknown innovators, the FSC Leaders Summit heard.

Simon HoyleJuly 27, 2017

Industry View

Celebrating 20 years of the Mother’s Day Classic

This year marks the 20th year of the Women in Super Mother’s Day Classic and all that has been achieved throughout the journey.

Cate WoodApril 18, 2017

Hedge Funds

Benchmarking urged for internal teams

Funds managing assets in-house should report to their members on how these assets have performed versus properly constructed market based benchmarks, according to an advisor at PwC. David St. John, urged an audience of 37 institutional investors to raise their standards of reporting voluntarily, but said that if this did not happen then regulatory intervention […]

David RowleyNovember 20, 2015

Hedge Funds

New proposal for defining a defensive asset

Defensive assets should be determined on an individual asset basis, rather than on an asset class level, delegates heard at the Conexus Financial Fiduciary Investors Symposium. Paul Caskey, chief investment officer of the South Australian work injury insurance scheme ReturnToWorkSA, presented a new formula for helping to determine which funds could be included in the […]

David RowleyNovember 20, 2015

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