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Super funds back Say on Climate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2022
... shareholders, ACCR found. Seven superannuation funds supported all Say on Climate resolutions at companies they held in 2021: Active Super (8 votes), AMP (1), AustralianSuper (16), CareSuper (5), NGS Super (5), QSuper (15) and Unisuper (2). Fifteen global ...

Active Super enhances parental leave policy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2022
Employees of Active Super will now receive superannuation guarantee payments for up to 12 months while on parental leave, with the super fund also extending its paid entitlements. In an effort to help bridge the gender super gap, the industry fund will ...

Retired Aussies deserve more: Household Capital

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2022
... providers of retirement funding, but for most members in retirement now superannuation alone is inadequate to fund long and active retirement." He said Australian retirees have already saved over $1 trillion in home equity which could transform retirement ...

SMSF establishments on the rise

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 APR 2022
New research shows that the pandemic and inflation concerns have not blunted the enthusiasm of Australians for setting up self-managed super funds. The research from AUSIEX found that women and younger generations are driving new account openings, with ...

Hines enters Australian industrial sector

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2022
The global investment firm has purchased a portfolio of four logistics properties in Sydney and Brisbane for a combined $211.5 million from local fund manager Pipeclay Lawson. They will be held by the Hines Asia Property Partners (HAPP) a diversified ...

Spirit Super pays tribute to Doug Fry

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022
One of Spirit Super's founding directors and its longest serving chair, Doug Fry, passed away last week. The fund paid tribute to Fry, who was a key player in the establishment of Tasplan. He was a founding director and served as chair of Tasplan for ...

Regulators release crypto, cyber security roadmaps

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022
... Steve Vallas added: "The use of digital currencies for criminal purposes has no place in our sector." "Open dialogue, pro-active guidance and strong relationships between Government and industry are necessary to ensure businesses can identify and report ...

ART responsible investment specialists jump to Redpoint

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2022
... its existing responsible and impact investment capabilities, blending the deep global knowledge that they bring with our active quantitative approach," he said. "This expertise will enable us to provide our clients with strategies that have a positive ...

Millennial super fund fails to GROW

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2022
... Super has been touted as a serious competitor to the incumbents, appealing to a younger membership base and employing an active strategy where other disruptors based their offering on low-cost, passive solutions. As other 'millennial' funds failed ...

Stock picking dominant source of alpha: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2022
... "Our analysis shows that the research process, stock picking, is by far the single most important source of alpha that active managers generate." "That strongly implies that asset owners conducting due diligence on asset managers should focus primarily ...