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Chalmers looks to trade super pool for minerals with US

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
The US Superannuation Investment Summit has kicked off in the United States with Australian super funds exploring deeper investment opportunities within the US. Treasurer Jim Chalmers addressed the summit, essentially serving up Australia's retirement ...

Court acts against two with links to Shield Master Fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... the court made interim orders freezing certain assets of his until at least April 4. Saad is the former director of Aus Super Compare and Atlas Marketing, both of which are now in liquidation. Meantime, Merhi is also being investigated for his links ...

NGS Super shutters direct investment option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
NGS Super will close its Self-Managed Direct Investment Option, saying it is no longer viable to continue offering the service. NGS Super's Self-Managed Direct Investment Option (DIO) was provided via OneVue Wealth Services. However, OneVue has advised ...

ASIC turns up the heat on private markets

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025
... total assets - comprising a mix of cash, public assets, and private assets - to private assets. Australia's two largest super funds - AustralianSuper and Australian Retirement Trust - invested about 22% of their assets in private markets. About half ...

Selfwealth to proceed with Svava proposal

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025
After much back and forth between bidders, Selfwealth has forged ahead with a deal with the highest bidder. Despite a recent call for its shareholders to consider Bell Financial Group's (BFG) previous offer, Selfwealth has ultimately decided to proceed ...

TAL taps ex-CBA deputy as chair

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025
... non-executive director at HCF Australia, AFG, and U Ethical Investors. Previously, King was a non-executive director of MLC Super, president and chair of the Actuaries Institute, and president and chair of the Life Insurance Association of Singapore. ...

Solutions to avoid concentration risk: Scientific Beta

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
The increasing dominance of giant technology stocks poses "significant challenges" for superannuation funds and other institutional investors, as index solutions provider Scientific Beta touts two possible approaches to better manage concentration risk. ...

Cbus appoints deputy investment chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
... Leigh Gavin was promoted to the role after serving as head of portfolio strategies since October 2023. Gavin oversaw the super fund's strategy to internalise more than half its assets under management and looked after global partnerships to access ...

Treasury drafts superannuation retirement income principles

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
... effectively use their retirement savings to live their best possible life in retirement. "There's nothing stopping them [super funds] but some are just a little bit concerned about building a product they perceive no one wants, but at the end of the ...

Super fund investment in US to skyrocket

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
Australian super funds are expected to pump huge amounts of money into the US over the coming decade, according to a report from Mandala, in conjunction with Super Members Council and IFM Investors. The Going Global report said Australians' superannuation ...