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EQT appoints non-executive director

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
... Pacific insurance and wealth business, with clients including AXA Group, AMP, Prudential Asia, Allianz China, Australian Super and QBE Group. Company chair Tony Killen said: "We are delighted Mr Sedgwick has agreed to join our board. His appointment ...

Retirement system needs work: Actuaries

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2016
Australia's retirement system is not sustainable for people living longer than the average life expectancy if drawdown trends continue, according to the Actuaries Institute. The Institute says the number of super members to completely exhaust their ...

Improvements in ESG leadership: ACSI

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2016
Seventy-one cents in every dollar invested in the ASX200 belongs to companies demonstrating "leading" standards when it comes to environmental, social and governance reporting. This is one of several key findings by the Australian Council of Superannuation ...

AVCAL calls to relax foreign investment rules

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2016
The Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association is calling for a fast-tracked limited partnership vehicle to encourage foreign investment into high-growth businesses. The limited partnership would be part of wider national policy that ...

Industry fund awards $500m mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
An industry superannuation fund has placed $500 million with IFM Investors' global indexed equity strategy. HESTA's large investment marks the first mandate for the recently-launched strategy and IFM Investors chief executive Brett Himbury said the ...

ASFA recognises super challenge for PC

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has acknowledged the Productivity Commission's challenging task in measuring the competitiveness and efficiency of a complex and heterogeneous system and its wider industry. In its first submission ...

Foreign managers priced out of super

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2016
... the industry is under." This isn't a bad thing, of course, given the relatively high performance of the average Australian super fund relative to overseas equivalents. Loane pointed to the FSC/Deloitte 'Financial performance of Australia's superannuation ...

Australian trust in financial services low

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
... pretty moderate levels of engagement with the Australian investor from investment managers, advice providers and Australian super funds. It's a key challenge - how to build up better engagement, key trust and effectively longer relationships with more ...

PROFILE: Mercer senior partner David Knox

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2016
... an integral part is the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees' Mercer Super Tracker. This tracks the Australian super system and enables the respective agencies to look at policy implications. Knox adds each product can build on the next because ...

Multi-factor investing applies to credit too: Robeco

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2016
Building on the current interest in multi-factor investing in equity markets, Robeco is now designing bespoke multi-factor credit solutions for institutional clients in Australia. In this low growth, low interest rate world, factor investing is being ...