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UniSuper awards impact mandate, inks industrial deal

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2023
UniSuper signed an exclusive institutional mandate with a boutique impact investor, while also purchasing an industrial portfolio from a major global pension fund worth more than $1 billion. The $120 billion super fund has mandated NorthStar Impact ...

Insignia offloads investment bonds unit

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2023
Insignia Financial has divested its investment bonds business for $40 million to Australian Unity in a bid to pay off debt. Australian Unity's subsidiary Lifeplan Friendly Society will take over Insignia's investment bond business, which operates ...

Rethinking retirement: Focus on spending, not saving

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2023
AMP general manager of retirement solutions Ben Hillier has emphasised the need to inspire more confidence in individuals approaching retirement. On a panel at a Financial Services Council (FSC) policy briefing on Thursday, Hillier said the predominant ...

Colonial First State chalks up strong super returns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023
Colonial First State (CFS) has recorded double-digit returns across several of its default superannuation products for FY23. The CFS FirstChoice Employer Super growth fund (Lifestage 1975-1979) delivered a 12.2% return. The CFS FirstChoice Employer ...

Equip Super sets sights on being different

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2023
The $30 billion superannuation fund is firmly in its growth era, consolidating its multiple brands and products and unveiling a new look that it hopes will help achieve its ambitious plan of being "a different type of fund." Two years on from its official ...

KPMG recommends gender-focused super reforms

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUL 2023
KPMG has proposed superannuation reforms targeted at home carers and recipients of paid parental leave to help close the gender gap. The KPMG Towards Gender Equity in Retirement report recommended the government consider adding superannuation contributions ...

Leigh Watson caps four decades in industry

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2023
After 43 years working in the financial services industry, Leigh Watson feels it's time to step back from full-time work and spend more time with family and friends. Watson left Swiss Re on June 30 after nine years as the head of life & health reinsurance ...

Australian inflation downturn on the horizon: AMP

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2023
Australian inflation will fall over the next six months, according to AMP deputy chief economist Diana Mousina. During an AMP webinar, Mousina noted peak Australian inflation trailed the US by around six months, suggesting a similar delay should be ...

UK pensions tapped to strengthen local startups

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2023
The UK Treasury has announced plans to consolidate the nation's pension fund sector and unlock £75 billion in retirement savings to back high-growth companies. Yesterday, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivered the Mansion House reforms and cited plans ...

Retirees to own 55% of all super come 2032: Rainmaker

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2023
Within the decade, retirees will own more than half of all superannuation funds under management (FUM), Rainmaker Information forecasts. Last year, super fund members aged 65 or older owned 40% of Australia's $3.3 trillion in superannuation assets. ...