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ART adds heavyweights to board

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
Australian Retirement Trust has welcomed a former Treasury official and former APRA deputy chair to its board. Martin Parkinson and Helen Rowell will sign up as non executive directors of Australia's second-largest asset owner early next month. ...

Australian Retirement Trust announces new investment strategy and options

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) has announced a range of changes to its investment strategy and options. ART chief of retirement, Kathy Vincent, said the fund engaged its members, advisers and employers to co-design the new investment menu. "When ...

Australian Retirement Trust completes Alcoa merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) finalised the successor fund transfer with the Alcoa of Australia Retirement Plan, one year on from discussions kicking off. In December 2022, Alcoa Super informed members it was on the hunt for potential merger partners ...

Retirement saving, investing daunting for women: Surveys

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2024
... of women are happy with the amount in their super fund, a survey of 1000 super members led by the Australian Retirement Trust (ART) shows. A similar number of women members said they feel secure about their financial situation overall. ART executive ...

Pay gaps at super funds, fund managers revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024
The median gender pay gap on base salaries across financial services is 23.6%, according to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA), with individual employer pay gaps reported for the first time as part of the government's strategy to solve ...

Aussies do not underspend in retirement, say super funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
... Super Members Council (SMC) - which comprises AustralianSuper, Cbus, HESTA, Hostplus, Aware Super, Australian Retirement Trust, UniSuper and Rest - conducted consumer research and analysed deidentified super fund data and publicly available information. ...

Economists share their top left field ideas for 2024

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2024
... geopolitical view and qualifying his prediction as one that "will sound crazy" in the current environment, Australian Retirement Trust chief economist Brian Parker said he is optimistic there will be a positive aftermath to what's playing out in Gaza. ...

Highest paid industry super executives revealed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2024
... fund size significantly influences executive pay, the correlation isn't direct. For instance, Australian Retirement Trust chief investment officer Ian Patrick earned $1.2 million, ranking 11th, even though the fund is Australia's second largest. ...

Super funds defend controversial weapons holdings

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024
... had as much as $2.5 million in Honeywell, $1 million in Lockheed and as little as $60,000 in Elbit. Australian Retirement Trust, Equip Super and Catholic Super, Mine Super and TWUSUPER all had holdings in three or more of the five companies. Out of the ...

Aware Super, ART hire member service heads

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024
... market was caught by surprise when two of Australia's top customer service executives changed jobs. Australian Retirement Trust head of member services Jessica Rix has landed at Aware Super in a similar role. Rix has spent two years at the country's ...