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Super industry to fill China investment gap

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2021
Australia's superannuation industry said it is prepared to fill the gap for infrastructure investment after the Treasurer rejected a deal with a Chinese-owned entity on the grounds of national security. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg put an end to the $300 ...

Rice Warner weighs in on Your Future, Your Super

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021
... from a parent company with a strong capital position could be promoted without using member funds. Conversely, an industry fund can only use member funds for promotion (which might now be illegal in some cases). "We have argued in the past that all funds ...

Flexstone appoints head of ESG

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
... new thinking on how to use responsible investment to benefit both our clients and company as a whole," she said. Industry fund Hostplus last year committed $100 million to Flexstone's Global Opportunities IV strateg y, which has about 40 co-investments ...

Tasplan says goodbye to lifecycle MySuper

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2021
After four years of offering its MySuper option as a lifecycle product, Tasplan plans to switch back to single strategy citing higher costs among the reasons. The $11.5 billion superannuation fund is set for a merger with the $12.6 billion MTAA Super ...

MTAA Super awards scholarships

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 DEC 2020
The industry fund has awarded 15 scholarships to members and non-members to put towards further education in automotive and related industries. MTAA Super said the scholarships are worth up to $5000, with the total standing at $50,000 across 15 winners. ...

Hostplus axes manager

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 DEC 2020
... Hostplus' core Australian equities managers since January 2003. But, in a notice to members, the $50 billion industry fund advised that following a recent strategic review of its investment portfolio and investment managers, Hostplus has decided ...

What you read in 2020

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
As we farewell a year that many will be glad to see the back of, check out Financial Standard 's most read stories for 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic underscores the majority of this year's most widely read stories, as unprecedented shutdowns and ...

FS team picks: The top stories for 2020

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR, KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
... of the year, and Alex Wade abruptly resigned as the chief executive of AMP Australia, later replaced by a former industry fund boss. Say what you will about 2020 - at least it wasn't boring. Financial advice After the myriad of reforms brought about ...

Industry fund renews Link partnership

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
A $54 billion superannuation fund has reappointed Link Group as its administrator. Cbus will continue to use Link's services in the areas of administration, system integration, innovation, data supply and security. The partnership will also provide ...

Industry fund called out over board diversity initiatives

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
The industry superannuation fund with the highest percentage of women membership has been called out for not prioritising board diversity initiatives in the companies it invests in. Rest, with 1.8 million members of which 60% are women, was grilled ...