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Sydney to host global superannuation summit

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2025
... US treasury secretary Scott Bessent and Australian treasurer Jim Chalmers. The Summit showcased Australia's largest super funds, which invest $631.6 billion into the US economy, to highlight their potential. By 2035, super funds' investments in the US ...

Global tech companies eyeing super funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2025
... companies, primarily from the US and Europe, are preparing to come to Australia to pitch their capabilities to our super funds next week for the AM Tech Day summit. Invartis Consulting country head Nigel Janz told Financial Standard these global tech ...

Chalmers looks to trade super pool for minerals with US

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
The US Superannuation Investment Summit has kicked off in the United States with Australian super funds exploring deeper investment opportunities within the US. Treasurer Jim Chalmers addressed the summit, essentially serving up Australia's retirement ...

ASIC turns up the heat on private markets

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025
... assets - comprising a mix of cash, public assets, and private assets - to private assets. Australia's two largest super funds - AustralianSuper and Australian Retirement Trust - invested about 22% of their assets in private markets. About half of ...

Cbus appoints deputy investment chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
... design. Prior to this, Gavin was chief investment officer of LUCRF Super for five years following a long career advising super funds at Frontier Advisors. Campbell, whose departure was announced in May 2024, left the fund after four years. Cbus chief ...

Treasury drafts superannuation retirement income principles

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
... effectively use their retirement savings to live their best possible life in retirement. "There's nothing stopping them [super funds] but some are just a little bit concerned about building a product they perceive no one wants, but at the end of the ...

Super fund investment in US to skyrocket

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
Australian super funds are expected to pump huge amounts of money into the US over the coming decade, according to a report from Mandala, in conjunction with Super Members Council and IFM Investors. The Going Global report said Australians' superannuation ...

Superannuation powerbrokers bound for US investment summit

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
... system poised to channel hundreds of billions into the US over the next decade. In a statement, representatives of super funds, investment managers, and peak organisations attending the Australian Superannuation Investment Summit said they would be "going ...

SMSF sector continues to grow

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
Self-managed super funds (SMSFs) traded more over the past year and the value of their holdings increased by 8.8%, according to the AUSIEX SMSF Under Advice report. The number of newly established SMSF trading accounts on the AUSIEX platform - across ...

AustralianSuper warns outdated tax laws will hurt returns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2025
AustralianSuper has called for a modernised tax system, warning that without reform super funds will at the very least be bogged down by complexity and compliance costs - and likely left at a competitive disadvantage that could drag on returns. In its ...