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Macquarie breaks into top 50 fund manager list

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 OCT 2023
... the value of their assets drop 14% to US$113.7 trillion at the end of 2022, the largest fall since the Global Financial Crisis. The fall in the equity and bond markets prompted managers to shift their weightings to alternative investments, increasing ...

Housing crisis costing Australia $64bn: Aware

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2023
... through investment returns, at the exact same time as delivering a scalable, replicable contribution to the nation's housing crisis." Aware Super has agreed to commit $1.5 billion over the next five years to fuel the development of over 2000 apartments ...

Family office executives take investment reins: Ocorian

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023
... "Traditionally, wealthy families entrusted investment managers to manage their assets, but falling returns driven by the financial crisis in 2008 and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted the switch to alternative approaches and directly employing ...

TAL offers super funds financial literacy tools for employers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2023
... for its superannuation fund clients, as they look to offer more value to their employer partners amid the cost-of-living crisis. According to new research from TAL, about 25% of employees are experiencing a high level of financial stress, and 40% said ...

APRA consults on hybrid bond resilience

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2023
... effectiveness of hybrid capital bonds amid concerns design features would not be resilient enough to withstand a banking crisis. APRA released its discussion paper on Thursday, citing the challenges of hybrid bonds, also known as AT1 capital instruments. ...

Cost-of-living crisis will persist into future: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2023
The financial confidence of older Australians continues to take a beating thanks to mounting cost-of-living pressures, as many feel they will struggle with it well into the future, a new study shows. Eighty percent of people aged 50 years old and over ...

HESTA pumps $100m into BTR project

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023
... the potential for the superannuation industry to explore how they build partnerships to help address Australia's housing crisis. "Breaking ground on our inaugural build-to-rent project is a moment of great pride for HESTA and our partners," Blakey said. ...

Largest pension funds see drop in assets: Research

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2023
... year," WTW said. "The latest drop is also faster than a 12.6% annual fall in 2008, at the time of the global financial crisis. Until now, the 2008 fall had been the fastest annual decline recorded in the 20 years of the study." The UK had some of the ...

Some explanations have missed the mark: Lowe

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2023
... flatmate, people need to work more hours to make ends meet, and young adults should stay at home because of the rental crisis." "Yet, I did not make these points," he said. He said his experience highlights the difficulties of communicating in the digital ...

Super funds taking on the climate crisis

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2023
As stewards of future prosperity, superannuation funds are obligated to mitigate extreme climate impacts through rapid decarbonisation and drawdown permissions; a failure to act would squander a golden opportunity to spearhead the transition to a low ...