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Super funds support PRI statement on slavery

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
... an act. Super funds and fund managers HESTA, IFM Investors and Cbus have already signed the statement. Speaking to pension fund representatives at the 2017 Conference of Major Superannuation Funds at the Gold coast, PRI managing director Fiona Reynolds ...

CSC renews $40bn custody mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2017
... (NTC) has overseen custody and investment administration for the government employee and Australian Defence Force pension fund since 2011. Following what CSC chief executive Peter Carrigy-Ryan described as a full market review, CSC has reappointed NTC. ...

South Korean pension fund buys Brisbane property

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
A South Korean pension fund purchased a landmark office building in Brisbane, showcasing the increased international investment in Australian real estate stretches beyond Sydney and Melbourne. AXA Investment Managers' property investment arm, Eureka ...

Super doesn't need tender system: ASFA

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2017
... Under Chile's biennial tender process, all workers who enter the labour force for the first time become members of a pension fund operator that wins the biennial tender for those workers. The operator that offers the lowest administration fee wins the ...

Human Super pitches product designed for women

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2017
... for women." The product promises to offer 'sustainable super' by using an ethical screen similar to the Norwegian pension fund. This would exclude polluters, nuclear weapons manufacturers, and human rights violators from their investments. Human Super ...

Asset manager profits under pressure

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2017
The end of a 30-year bull market in assets is putting pressure on asset managers' profit margins - and may mean the industry has reached its peak. In a recent Lipper Alpha Insight discussion, Financial Conduct Authority technical specialist - investment ...

Asset management more complex than ever

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2017
Achieving the 7% return targeted by most pension funds is a far more complex and riskier process than it was 10 years ago, according to State Street Global Advisors' head of investments for Asia-Pacific, Kevin Anderson. Speaking at the Financial Standard ...

Australian pension market grows

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2017
Australia is the fourth largest pensions market in the world, having surpassed Canada at the close of 2016. Willis Towers Watson's Global Pension Assets Study shows that Australia's higher aggregate weight to Australian cash and lower weight to bonds ...

CBA receives top sustainability endorsement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2017
... productivity, carbon productivity, water productivity, waste productivity, percentage tax paid, CEO to average worker pay, pension fund status, employee turnover, leadership diversity, and clean capitalism pay link.

Climate calling

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2017
Mercer's Alexis Cheang hears plenty of verbal commitment from Australian superannuation funds about the development and implementation of sustainable investment strategies. The continued aspiration is welcome, but Cheang believes proper execution and ...