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Will big super's unlisted investments amplify retirement savings?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2022
... management costs, franking credits, reduced currency risk, lower geopolitical risks, and the benefits of being familiar with local networks and local business practices," the report said. Meanwhile, bearing in mind that 36% of the Australian stock market ...

FSC analyses super, advice developments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2022
... indicative of future collaborative investment opportunities between parties. The FSC commented: "Co-investment with state and local governments will be encouraged. We can expect work to develop this framework to kick off later this year." "By the very ...

Social impact fund to target essential workers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2022
... and in need of deployment. "HOPE has been designed to overcome the challenge of essential workers being priced out of the local suburbs in which they work. Our homeownership solution is designed to ensure our essential workforce can live near their work ...

Active Super, Vision Super mull merger

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2022
... profit-to-member funds of a similar size and shared a common history; a history of servicing current and former local government employees in their respective states of NSW and Victoria. Should the merger proceed, the funds will jointly manage approximately ...

Cbus takes 10% stake in major wind project

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022
Cbus has acquired a 10% interest in a local offshore wind project owned by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners. The industry fund acquired the stake in Star of the South, Australia's largest offshore wind project majority owned by CIP via its flagship ...

Hostplus, Statewide Super finalise merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2022
... merger, Hostplus adds 122,744 members in South Australia and 10,630 in the Northern Territory, including from the local government and public sectors. It also includes several defined benefit members, with Elia commenting: "This positions the fund well ...

ISA uncovers disgraceful regional gender super gap

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2022
... Victorian city Bendigo have half the superannuation of men. It's believed this large divergence first expanded when many local women took time out of the workforce to have children. In response to these findings, ISA forebode that a lack of bridge the ...

Hostplus expands IP Group commitment

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2022
... expands the mandate of the group's partnership with Hostplus to include investment to commercialise research from the group's local university partners. The innovation fund has so far invested in several technology companies that have come out of universities ...

Spirit Super investment bought out

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2022
... in Canberra with the collaboration of ANU, ANUConnect Ventures and the ACT government has extensive multiplier effects on local employment," Barry said. "Spirit Super congratulates the founders and management of Intsaclustr, the chief executive and team ...

FSC offers guidance on divesting Russia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2022
... investment process can achieve divestment. Russian assets include public market assets such as listed equities, hard currency and local currency Russian sovereign debt, and fixed income securities issued by Russian corporations. They also include private ...