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Trustee of the Year announced

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
... by the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees. Sue Dahn was announced as the recipient this morning at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds in Adelaide. She is currently a trustee director at Spirit Super and was the chair of the investment ...

Prince urges funds to join sustainability initiative

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
Addressing the annual Conference of Major Superannuation Funds, the Prince of Wales has asked Australia's super funds to get involved in his Sustainable Markets Initiative. The Prince used his appearance to discuss the latest work from his Sustainable ...

Boards should be "strap-on brains": Cosgrove

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
... delivered a speech on leadership strategies through good times and bad, drawing on his military experience, at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds in Adelaide today. Corporate boards should be the chief executive's "strap-on brain", Cosgrove ...

Aussies regret ERS withdrawals: AIST poll

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
... choose between poverty now, or poverty later," AIST chief executive Eva Scheerlinck said in her opening address to the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds (CMSF) in Adelaide this morning. "Those who can least afford to lose their super now find ...

Chief economist update: The Fed and Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
... economic outlook remain." But Bob Kaplan begged to disagree (and he knows what he's talking about). In a virtual conference with the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce, Kaplan cautioned that "we are now at a point where I'm observing excesses ...

Chief economist update: Not yet time to make a change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
... revival in consumer confidence suggests continued strength, if not further increases, in US consumer spending. The Conference Board's survey showed consumer confidence surged to a reading of 121.7 in April - the highest level from February last year ...

Chief economist update: Positive feedback loop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021
... respective companies' services". The Services PMI report backs up rise in US consumer confidence (reported earlier). The Conference Board's consumer confidence index jumped by 19.3 points - the biggest monthly increase since April 2003 - to a ...

Count snaps up three former MLC firms

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
... experience and expertise which the rest of our Member network will be able to benefit from," Kennedy said. "With our annual conference just two months away, we're excited that all of our new firms will have the chance to come together and experience ...

Chief economist update: Too much of a good thing could be a bad thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
... steam, a strengthening labour market, generous government handouts and pledges of continued low borrowing costs. The Conference Board's consumer confidence index jumped by 19.3 points - the biggest monthly increase since April 2003 - to a reading ...

Industry fund appoints property mandate

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
The investment manager of $59 billion industry fund Cbus has appointed Multiplex to construct a $300 million commercial property development in Adelaide. Cbus Property partnered with the South Australian government to develop a building at 83 Pirie ...