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KiwiSaver, NZ Super Fund architect remembered

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021
... economic growth and one of the lowest levels of public debt in the world, he added. Chair of the Guardians of NZ Superannuation Catherine Drayton said: "The 'Cullen Fund' as it was initially nicknamed has now grown to be worth $58 billion and is projected ...

NZ Super Fund hires asset allocation head

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021
The Guardians of NZ Superannuation promoted a senior investment strategist to head of asset allocation. Charles Hyde joined the Guardians in 2015 and has since chaired a risk budgeting team and been involved in the 2020 review of the reference portfolio ...

SG rise a bad idea: Chartered Accountants

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
According to Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, the superannuation guarantee should not rise from 9.5% to 12%. "Since the last election, there has been a global pandemic, the first Australian recession in 29 years, our highest unemployment ...

Former QSuper chief joins NZ Super Fund board

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
... of the $44 billion NZ Super Fund for a five-year term. Rosemary Vilgan will join the board of guardians for NZ Superannuation Fund starting October 1. She replaces Stephen Moir, who is rotating off the board, after serving since 2009. Moir's past roles ...

NZ blacklists fossil fuels from super

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
... argued that an exodus from fossil fuel producers would not result in lower returns. "In 2017, the $47 billion NZ Superannuation Fund adopted a climate change investment strategy that resulted in it removing more than $3 billion worth of stocks that exceed ...

IOOF future uncertain: Morningstar

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
The planned sale of ANZ Wealth to IOOF is under threat as a result of the uncompromising action of APRA. As such, Morningstar has placed the stock IOOF Holdings under review. Morningstar described the action brought against IOOF by APRA as a major hit ...

NZ Super tackles climate change

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2016
... investment opportunities for long-term investors that we intend to capture." The fund's manager, the Guardians of NZ Superannuation, will incorporate climate change considerations into investment analyses and decisions, for example into valuation models ...

NZ Super weighs equity market capacity

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
... equities managers considering the fund's significant allocation to the local share market. The Guardians of NZ Superannuation, the entity that manages the NZ$29.5 billion fund, said its current allocation to NZ equities accounts for about 2% of total ...

Shorten maps out government super legacy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
... Contribution (LISC) scheme, lifting the contribution cap, removing the upper age limit for contributions, Australia-NZ superannuation portability, MySuper and FOFA, and the Superannuation Charter. "A 30 year old on average earnings today will be $127,000 ...

NZ Superannuation Fund excludes four firms from portfolio

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... from the fund's portfolio include Freeport-McMoRan, KBR, Tokyo Electric Power Company and Zijin Mining Group. NZ Superannuation Fund said this decision were based on information from its specialist screening agency which identified where the companies ...