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Super funds to reach $1tn by 2040: KPMG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2022
A recently released KPMG Super Insights report shows Australia could have at least two super funds with over $1 trillion in assets in the next 20 years. KPMG insights suggest AustralianSuper and the Australian Retirement Trust (ART) will dominate the ...

What the election result means for ESG

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2022
Increased support for the Australian Greens and climate-focused independent 'teal' candidates, signals that governments will no longer only be held accountable by traditional metrics like growth, employment, and productivity, but also by progress against ...

Just 14.8% of hedge fund leaders are female: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
A report released by IG Prime shows only 14.8% of senior hedge fund management roles in Australia are going to women. Despite the low number, the research highlights the Australian market had higher performance in the past 12 months, and the past five ...

Index investing of greater benefit: Vanguard

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
In a new paper, Vanguard argues that most investors' best chance of maximising net returns lies with index investing and that it is rare for active managers to see persistent outperformance. In a recent research paper, Vanguard outlined the benefits ...

Rate rise exposes adviser knowledge gap

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022
As interest rates rise and inflation grows, some are lamenting a possible knowledge and experience gap in the industry, with a considerable number of financial advisers having only ever known a low inflation environment. At its May meeting, the Reserve ...

RBA outlines next phase of bond purchase program

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2022
Having raised the cash rate earlier this month, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board has decided not to reinvest the proceeds from bonds as they mature from the bank's portfolio. This decision by the RBA is indicative of a new quantitative tightening ...

No place for crypto in insto portfolios: PGIM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2022
PGIM has made clear its thoughts on cryptocurrency, labelling it 'portfolio kryptonite' and saying it adds little to institutional investment portfolios other than a whole lot of risk. In its latest Megatrends paper, investment professionals from across ...

Alternatives guru departs ART

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2022
Bruce Tomlinson has left his job as a senior portfolio manager at the Australian Retirement Trust. For nearly 15 years, Tomlinson headed up alternative strategies at Sunsuper which recently merged with QSuper to create a $230 billion megafund. Before ...

Tesla axed from the S&P 500 ESG index

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
Tesla has been booted from the S&P 500 ESG index due to its low S&P Dow Jones Indices (DJI) ESG score. In an S&P DJI ideology blog, North American head of ESG indices Margaret Dorn said that Tesla had fallen into the bottom 25% of its industry group ...

Super home buyer scheme fails to move the needle

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022
At first glance, the government's superannuation plan for homebuyers seemed a compelling proposition, but concrete analysis has revealed that at best it's only a marginal measure. The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has applauded both ...