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Government opens doors to offshore investment vehicles

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017
The Federal Government is seeking public consultation on the long-awaited legislation for the Asia Region Funds Passport and Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle (CCIV) regime. The exposure draft legislation for the Asia Region Funds Passport explains ...

Major US pension fund divests Australian coal

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2017
The largest educator-only pension fund in the world is divesting from all non-US thermal coal holdings, including Australia-based Whitehaven Coal. The US$206.5 billion California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) teachers' retirement board ...

Access to super for housing is still bad policy

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2017
Superannuation industry associations have once again come out strongly against a policy of allowing first home buyers early access to their superannuation to purchase a home. Following comments this week from Assistant Treasurer Michael Sukkar, who ...

Global PE firm buys Australian office chain

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
The Australian and New Zealand operations of business product and solutions provider Staples has been acquired by a global private equity firm for an undisclosed sum. The news of Platinum Equity's acquisition occurs at the same time the firm announced ...

NZ Super Fund CEO joins PPI board

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund's chief executive will become the next chair of the Pacific Pension and Investment Institute (PPI). Adrian Orr takes over from Washington State Investment Board executive director Theresa J Whitmarsh. Orr has previously ...

Australian pension market grows

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
Australia is the fourth largest pensions market in the world, having surpassed Canada at the close of 2016. Willis Towers Watson's Global Pension Assets Study shows that Australia's higher aggregate weight to Australian cash and lower weight to bonds ...

Instos must stress test: Mercer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
To make the most of 2017, institutional investors will need to be across market fragmentation, the shift from monetary to fiscal stimulus, capital abundance and long-term structural change. Global consultant Mercer says these themes all present risks ...

Aussie super funds building world-class investment teams

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2016
Australian superannuation funds, on average, have the lowest number of in-house portfolio managers when compared across several global pension systems. Aussie super funds are reported to have an average of 18 in-house portfolio members, well below the ...

Pension systems and ageing populations at crossroads

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
Mercer senior partner David Knox is warning increased pressure will be placed on global retirement systems if government policies do not adapt to ageing populations and declining birth rates. Knox fired the warning as the 2016 Melbourne Mercer Global ...

Aussie bonds attractive to global investors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2016
The Commonwealth Bank is seeing an increase in global pension funds and central banks attending its events and seeking expertise to better understand the Australian bond market. Addressing the bank's ninth Annual Global Markets Conference in Sydney ...