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NFP funds dominate retiree super: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2022
... Retirement Trust and Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme. The other funds are AMP Super, BT, MLC Super, UniSuper and Commonwealth Super Corp's PSS. Interestingly, of the top 10 retail funds by retiree assets (dollar amount), these assets make up close ...

Rest bolsters operational risk oversight

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2022
After almost 14 years at Deloitte, Jason Foo has joined Rest's investment team to help run operational risk. The industry fund confirmed that Foo was appointed senior manager, operational risk, and compliance, investment management. Foo was a director ...

AvSuper, Commonwealth Super Corporation explore merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2022
Six months on from commencing its Expressions of Interest (EOI) process, AvSuper has confirmed it will look to merge with Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation. The two funds have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to now conduct due diligence to ...

Super funds back Say on Climate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2022
... funds that make up the 30 largest funds have not disclosed a complete proxy voting record for 2021, including Commonwealth Super Corporation, MLC, ANZ, IOOF, Macquarie, Spirit Super, Netwealth Super, LGIAsuper, CommBank Group, and HUB24 Super Fund. These ...

CSC turns 100 years old

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2022
The Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation, one of Australia's longest running funds with $58 billion in assets under management, celebrates its 100th year anniversary in 2022. The CSC launched as the Superannuation Fund Management Board (SFMB) in ...

Smart default fund to boost retirement incomes

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 10 JAN 2022
A former Commonwealth Superannuation Scheme and APRA executive has developed a 'smart default' fund which he claims could boost retirement balances by more than 35%. Douglas Bucknell, founder and chief executive of Tailored Superannuation Solutions ...

Super funds lambasted over nuclear holdings

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021
New research from the Australia Institute and Quit Nukes shows most major Australian superannuation funds still have holdings in nuclear weapons. Nearly one year since the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) came into force (January ...

Blackstone invests $925m for stake in Grosvenor Place

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2021
... acquisition of the Investa Office portfolio in 2015. The remaining 25% in the Sydney skyscraper is owned by Commonwealth Super Corporation. Blackstone is also bidding to take over Crown Resorts Casino Group for $8.5 billion.

ASIC urged to act on common ownership

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2021
... retail funds (14%) and corporate funds (9%). Six of the largest super funds - AMP, BT, Colonial First State, Commonwealth Super Corporation, MLC and QSuper - either don't vote, don't disclose their voting records or support far fewer ESG proposals ...

APAC pension funds fastest growing: Study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2021
Sixteen of Australia's pension funds are among the world's largest, with the Asia Pacific region clocking the largest rate of growth last year despite COVID-19. New research from the Thinking Ahead Institute and Pensions & Investments shows the assets ...