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Cash is cash, APRA tells super funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2018
... accessible (for withdrawal or transfer) without change in value," it said citing prudential standard SPS 530 Investment Governance. In some cases the reverse was observed, where a fund's investment policy framework permitted cash options to invest ...

Azimut partners with Colonial, launches funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
... portfolio management, asset management, product management and structuring, investment and manager research, and investment governance. It is working closely with adviser groups in Australia to assist them build more efficient portfolio solutions and ...

CBA Group Super CIO retires

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2017
... Super - The Journal of Superannuation Management, and said the CIO's key role is to ensure that appropriate investment governance arrangements are in place, particularly as the asset base of the fund grows. "In this environment, the CIO needs to ensure ...

Landmark ESG recommendations for Australia

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 DEC 2016
... Among the recommendations is a request that APRA updates paragraphs in its prudential practice guide on investment governance to clarify to superannuation funds that ESG issues are material to risk and return analysis - and should be incorporated alongside ...

Standard Life appoints Aberdeen exec

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2016
... of investment solutions at Aberdeen Asset Management, Struthers will be responsible for Standard Life's investment governance, investment operating platform MyFolio and derivatives counterparty management. He will report to chief investment officer ...

Aussie super funds building world-class investment teams

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
... various asset classes, with Australia being a rare exception. PwC said super funds are "required to have an investment governance framework in place based on prudent investment principles, including diversification." The report suggests that best practice ...

Super fund names new investment GM

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
... Reporting to chief executive Damian Hill, the new investments specialist will be responsible for overseeing investment governance functions and managing relationships with the fund's asset consultant, custodian and external investment managers. Hill ...

Top pension funds slide for first time since GFC

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
... funds to meet their respective missions," Willis Towers Watson senior investment consultant Paul Newfield. "Investment governance, beliefs, mission clarity - these are the key areas for any fund and we believe those funds which exhibit best practice ...

NZSF gets top UN sustainability ratings

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 15 AUG 2016
... given top marks to the NZ Super Fund. The sovereign wealth fund has received an A+ rating for responsible investment governance and strategy and either A or A+ ratings across all reported asset class categories. "Responsible investment practices are ...

MTAA Super bolsters investment team

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2016
... participating in the execution of investment transactions; assisting with a continued improvement of the fund's investment governance framework; risk and compliance monitoring of the investment portfolio; and assisting in the management of unlisted alternative ...