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Super funds defend $5bn infrastructure investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
... NSW Government that had an anti-competitive purpose and effect. The NSW Government privatised Port Botany and Port Kembla in May 2013, and the agreements, known as Port Commitment Deeds, were entered into for a term of 50 years. The deeds oblige the ...

Women-led super funds outperform again

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... billion in extra value was potentially added to not-for-profit super funds. Rainmaker said while this out-performance margin may seem slight, the more important indicator is that women-led funds not only again showed themselves to be more likely to outperform ...

Satisfaction with industry super rising

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2018
... of fund members with less than $100,000 in super account for just 13.8% of super funds, whereas those with $700,000 or more may only comprise 4% of members but they account for almost 25% of total funds. "It is important for super fund members not to ...

Financial Standard's top stories of 2017

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... long-serving industry executives passing the baton and sweeping reforms. The top 10 stories were: 1.GROW Super opens for business (23 May) Is it any wonder, that with all the newly-formed superannuation funds and products to hit the marketplace in 2017 ...

HESTA announces life insurance facelift

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 20 NOV 2017
... for a comfortable and happy retirement," Blakey said. "For many of our members, the cover they receive through their super may be the only personal insurance cover they have." Working with its new insurer AIA, HESTA has also been able to tailor other ...

Traditional funds too apathetic to super start-ups

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2017
... which said the absence of competition in the default superannuation market allows trustees to avoid considering which changes may be necessary to adapt to technological change. The report reads: "History has shown that in time, technological advancement ...

Super fund property manager leads global sustainability ranking

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
... retail, industrial and residential property in Australia. The company was co-founded in 1994 by AustralianSuper, Cbus and HESTA, and now has 31 institutional investors including industry superannuation funds and public sector super and investment funds. ...

CBA contemplates CommInsure sale

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2017
... with CBA's life insurance arm; NGS Super followed suit in September by transitioning to TAL, as did TWUSUPER in December. In May this year, the largest non-CBA super fund with a CommInsure mandate, HESTA, appointed AIA Australia as its new insurance ...

Super funds must address climate risk: Market Forces

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2017
... said. "It follows that climate change risks can and should be considered by trustee directors to the extent that those risks may intersect with the financial interests of a beneficiary of a superannuation fund." Making reference to the provisions of ...

Industry fund makes social impact investment

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2017
... involving an early start and knocking off at 3pm. Alternatively, at the other end of the spectrum artists or creative folk who may rise later and have later evenings and weekends that are highly social - two lifestyles not necessarily conducive to each ...