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Deloitte eyes more mergers and product innovation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2024
... Superannuation funds will be focused on ongoing merger activity and strengthening retirement strategies and product solutions in the next few years, according to Deloitte's Dynamics of the Australian Superannuation System report. The report forecasted ...

Funds SA asset allocation head to depart

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2024
Funds SA, the $42 billion public sector investment manager, has confirmed its asset allocation lead will leave the fund next month and take a short career break. Brendan Hallett said he wants to return to the east coast and and look for opportunities ...

Australian Ethical eyes small caps as play for advisers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2024
... sectors tied to global megatrends like healthcare and climate solutions, are poised to deliver a performance premium over the next 12 months. Notably, the fund's current top picks, especially in the tech sector, include Gentrack, Bravura Solutions, Mach7 ...

Chalmers expected to deliver Budget surplus

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
... identified $49.6 billion in savings, leading to a cumulative improvement of $211.4 billion in the underlying cash balance over the next five years. The economy is expected to expand by only 1.75% in 2023-24, before regaining momentum in 2024-25 as improving ...

Institutional investors shift gears amid 'new market regime'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
... second theme was private credit and private equity being prioritised as well as growing allocations to alternatives. Over the next five years, 59% of investors in APAC plan to increase their allocations to private credit and private equity. Public pensions ...

ART adds heavyweights to board

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
... Martin Parkinson and Helen Rowell will sign up as non executive directors of Australia's second-largest asset owner early next month. Rowell brings over 20 years of experience at the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, including 10 years ...

Industry funds set to gobble up over 50% of superannuation assets

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
... new products that retain members through retirement. However, the report forecasts that SMSFs will lose market share in the next two decades. This is due to the older demographic transitioning to retirement and commencing material drawdowns of their ...

AustralianSuper's move to boost productivity by up to 30%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
... higher-value tasks. AustralianSuper has set a goal of increasing productivity by 5% across its organisation using AI within the next 12 months. While Backeberg admits the goal is conservative, he believes the ROI will be substantial over the longer-term. ...

Policymakers face significant challenge in regulating AI

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024
... especially in healthcare," he said. "Nobody possesses a crystal ball and we do not know which start-up companies will become the next titans, and which current superstars will fall. This level of uncertainty means we are regulating what we do not really ...

Perpetual, Pendal combine multi-asset capabilities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024
... head of multi asset Michael Blayney is leaving the organisation. However, he will stay on in an advisory capacity for the next six months to support the new team, Perpetual said. Blayney joined Pendal in August 2017 from First State Super where he served ...