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Labor commits $400m to gender super gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2018
... completely phased out by 1 July 2024. Shorten said a Labor Government will also make it easier for employers to contribute extra into a woman's super fund by amending the Sex Discrimination Act 1984, as well as consider and publish the impact that any ...

Hostplus VC assets to hit $1bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
Hostplus is tipped to become the largest investor in venture capital in Australia as assets are forecast to reach $1 billion by the end of September. Hostplus chief investment officer Sam Sicilia told the AIST Super Investment Conference that the $33 ...

BT Financial Group proposes advice restructure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2018
... institution is looking to offset this by increasing the number of portfolio adviser positions in the Partnerships model and adding extra paraplanning roles. The advice remediation team will also be boosted. The overall BT Advice leadership team will ...

Philanthropic forces shift asset allocation

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
... Amanda Miller if PAFs and community foundations invested 5% of their assets in renewable energy, for example, "that's an extra $500 million per year that can go into improving social and environmental issues." Citing data from the Responsible Investment ...

Kapstream renews industry fund relationship

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2018
... interest rates to remain little changed over the next year or two, requiring managers to think more laterally about generating extra absolute returns for those investors able to take a slightly longer-time horizon with their investments," Bloom said. ...

Workers want extra super contributions: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2018
Working Australians want their employer to contribute more towards their retirement savings, according to latest research from a $57 billion Queensland superannuation fund. Sunsuper released its 2018 Australian Employee Insights Report, which found ...

Royal Commission on social media: Regulators under scrutiny

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
As the Royal Commission superannuation hearings turned onto the final straight this week, commentators took to Twitter to have their say. Hardly a surprise given the #BankingRC > "...The banking, finance and insurance sector now has the lowest Ethics ...

Former Magellan executive appointed to Contango board

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
Contango Asset Management has snapped up a former Magellan C-suite executive as an independent director. Nerida Campbell is joining Contango Asset Management's board as an independent non-executive director. She held key executive roles at the Hamish ...

Chief economist update: Emerging markets feel the heat as Turkey burns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
Emerging markets continue to feel the heat from Turkey's roasting and so do several European countries. The European Central Bank (ECB) can only count its blessings that Turkey is not Greece. It has applied, but Turkey is not (yet) a member of the ...

Superannuation shortage facing Aussie retirees: AMP

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 30 JUL 2018
... super shortage of 12.5 years. The research also found women who retired at 65 would have a super shortage of 14 years, two extra than men, who will run out super savings with 12 years remaining against their life expectancy. AMP said women understood ...