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Investors warned on human rights risk in Israel-Hamas conflict

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 OCT 2023
... groups. Both trigger the application of IHL, also known as the laws of war. The violence between Hamas and Israel is front of mind, as is the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, but there are more than 100 armed conflicts currently underway ...

AustralianSuper merges real assets functions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2023
The superannuation giant has made a raft of fresh appointments as it restructures its infrastructure and property investment teams, including naming a head of global real assets. AustralianSuper is going to combine its infrastructure and property teams ...

Hostplus member experience lead to exit

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023
Hostplus member experience lead Paul Watson has announced his resignation after 12 years with the fund. Watson joined Hostplus in 2011 as executive manager, member and consumer choice. He's held several group executive roles since, before taking ...

UniSuper partners to buy Tasmanian timber plantation

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023
UniSuper and a consortium of European pension funds have acquired a Tasmanian forestry estate from a New Forests managed fund. UniSuper, the UK's Pension Protection Fund (PPF), and APG Asset Management N.V (APG) on behalf of its Dutch pension fund client ...

Platform fees, poor resourcing a red flag for regulator

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023
... charges, charges are not clear enough for customers to evaluate for comparisons, not designed with the target audience in mind, or not suitably marketed to the right target market." Second, she pointed out several operational shortcomings across platforms. ...

Global insurers eye private markets, clean energy: BlackRock

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2023
Global insurers are rethinking their investment strategies, with 60% revising strategic asset allocations (SAA) to prioritise flexibility and new opportunities, according to a BlackRock study. In its annual Global insurance report, BlackRock indicated ...

Older Aussies are retirement illiterate: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023
Australians are pension-phase illiterate and blame the complex superannuation system for not understanding the basics about retirement, a new survey shows. A whopping 70% of 50-year-olds and over canvassed by AMP do not understand what an account-based ...

NGS Super to debut retirement income product

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2023
... "Our members value the understanding we have of them in the personalised service that we deliver. With that commitment in mind, we've developed this product, knowing what our members need. While we're really excited about the launch of the Easy ...

Government consults on superannuation objective laws

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2023
... an objective for super - a Labor commitment at the last election - will give confidence to the super industry and peace of mind to Australian workers that we'll do everything we can to safeguard their savings to deliver income in retirement. Given ...

Climate change to create 'portfolio manager 2.0':Robeco

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2023
... when discussions revolve around biodiversity and investment opportunities, windmills and solar batteries often spring to mind. "That's all true; there are a lot of green assets that also get financial return beside environmental return and, predominantly ...