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Wages and super should be aligned: Cbus

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
Cbus is calling on the Federal Government to align the payment of workers' superannuation with the payment of wages. The industry super fund claims the quarterly payment cycle for the superannuation guarantee creates a significant risk of non-compliance ...

AMP Capital wins $100m government mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2017
AMP Capital was awarded a $100 million mandate from the federal government's Clean Energy Finance Corporation. CEFC invested the funds into AMP Capital's Wholesale Office Fund, which is targeting carbon neutrality by 2030. AMP Capital is also planning ...

Home deposits unwelcome in super

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
Superannuation industry groups are warning the federal government to keep Australia's $2 trillion retirement savings system away from addressing the nation's housing affordability problems. Earlier this week Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison said the ...

Impact Investing Australia chief to depart

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2017
... Richard Brandweiner have been appointed as vice-chairs. The change in strategy coincides with news today that the Federal Government is looking into amending the mandate of its Clean Energy Finance Corporation to allow it to invest in carbon capture ...

ATO must reunite individuals with lost super: ASFA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2017
A peak superannuation body is calling on the federal government to increase its responsibility in reuniting Australians with millions of dollars in unclaimed super. In a pre-budget submission Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief ...

Future Fund cautious on risk and return

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
... strategy. Announcing a 7.8% return for the 2016 calendar year, Costello said the Future Fund is working with the Federal Government on the appropriate investment mandate for the next 10 years. The fund currently requires a real return of CPI +4.5%. Since ...

Government to aid growth of social impact investment

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
... addressing Australia's supply of affordable housing. Both industry super funds and banks have called on the federal government to establish a structure that facilitates institutional investors to finance housing stock. Cbus encouraged the establishment ...

QIC closes renewable energy fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2017
... complete, the PARF will be the fourth largest renewable generation owner contributing towards the Australian Federal Government's Renewable Energy Target (RET), while the farm itself will be the second largest in NSW. Construction of the Silverton Wind ...

ASFA slams Grattan as 'out of touch'

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2017
... in their retirement, not poorer and sicker," Fahy said. ASFA released a further statement pleading with the federal government to give the superannuation industry "time to breathe." Fahy said that following a raft of legislative reform and multiple reviews ...

Investors must look further than US: J.P. Morgan

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
The coming year will see economic momentum build in the US, but investors should not rely solely on US assets according to J.P. Morgan global market strategist Kerry Craig. Speaking at a media roundtable yesterday, Craig advised that investors should ...