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How far are we from a trillion-dollar super fund?

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
... years, dissimilar to Aware Super (formerly First State Super), which currently has about $135 billion in assets after adding scale via mergers with VicSuper and WA Super, and is aiming to hit the $200 billion mark. "The milestone reflects AustralianSuper's ...

Regnan launches global equity impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
Responsible investing pioneer Regnan has launched a global public equity impact fund that selects companies that contribute to achieving the targets of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Regnan Global Equity Impact Solutions Fund invests ...

Cbus expands clean-energy holdings

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
... Capital Dynamics' Clean Energy Infrastructure strategy, which invests in renewable energy technology focused on utility-scale and distributed generation, solar, wind and storage. The portfolio includes a 100% interest in Centinela Solar Energy located ...

Advice firm launches dealer group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2020
... thought that [technology] would have caught on, but maybe we have to be the ones that prove it works before anyone at a larger scale considers it. In the industry, they do like to just follow what everybody else is doing," he said. "There's a reluctance ...

New trustee for Student Super, NEOS Super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
... assets under management. "Consolidating our super funds under the one trustee company streamlines our business and creates scale which should ultimately allow us to improve efficiency and deliver better outcomes to our members," Student Super told members. ...

Funds' net-zero ambitions collide with Santos

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... commitments," he said. "Reaching net-zero by 2050 also implies reaching around a 50% reduction in emissions by 2030. The scale of fossil fuel expansion being proposed by Australian companies would be taking us in completely the opposite direction." Image ...

Mercer restructures fees, asset allocation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
... one to [use]," Bryant said. Commenting on the new changes, head of the Mercer Super Trust Mark Thompson said: "Our greater scale and efficiencies achieved through the growth of our business has allowed us to pass on savings and benefits to our members ...

S&P to buy competitor for $60bn

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
... able to better serve our markets and customers by creating new value and insights," Peterson said. "This merger increases scale while rounding out our combined capabilities and accelerates and amplifies our ability to deliver customers the essential ...

IOOF ups costs for self-employed advisers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
... that we partner in those self-employed spaces to ensure we can deflect our costs over a much larger number of advisers. Scale does matter in the advice space." Whereat said the move comes off the back of structural changes to the business, with IOOF ...

COVID-19 upends business travel, technology

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2020
... operations, a Westpac survey found. Over 110 chief executives canvassed in Westpac's Asia Pacific CEO survey expect to scale back their business travel plans substantially in the future. The research, made in conjunction with The Economist Intelligence ...