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Should super funds consider crypto assets?

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
... This is according to Genesis Block managing director Chloe White, who spoke at an Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees 2021 Conference panel at the event. White said super funds should think about crypto or blockchain-based digital assets ...

Short-termism damaging climate outcomes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... with actions that are out of line with action on climate change. Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) ASI 2021 conference, Federated Hermes chief executive Saker Nusseibeh said there is no separation between ESG investing ...

Transition to renewables trumps divestment

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... revealed. Mercer senior sustainable investment specialist Jillian Reid spoke at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees 2021 Conference about the growing body of evidence when it comes to asset owners moving away from fossil fuels to renewable ...

Cracking the data science code

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... does not adopt data science and machine learning. A panel at this afternoon's Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees 2021 Conference hosted by State Super chief investment officer Charles Wu revealed the many benefits of data science and ...

ABPs alone won't meet retirement income covenant: Knox

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... on the Retirement Income Covenant released in July backtracked from Comprehensive Retirement Income Products. It told trustees to focus on income and demoted its previous requirements of "longevity" and "flexibility" to something to consider from must-haves. ...

Experts torn on inflation outlook

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) ASI 2021 conference, a panel of economic experts shared very different views on the outlook for inflation. J.P. Morgan Asset Management chief market strategist Karen Ward argued ...

Greater scrutiny of choice products needed: Scheerlinck

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
On the opening day of its annual ASI Conference, and in light of the APRA performance test results, the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees' Eva Scheerlinck has expressed concern about the number of Australians that remain unaware their ...

Communicate risk, defensiveness differently: Panel

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... assets changes in the coming years. That was the consensus from a panel at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) ASI 2021 conference discussing how super funds are currently thinking about defensive assets. Frontier director of consulting ...

HESTA defines perfect merger partner

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... criteria they'd have to meet. Sonia Sawtell-Rickson appeared in a session at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) ASI 2021 conference and was asked who HESTA would merge with. Instead of naming a specific super fund, Sawtell-Rickson ...

Mergers don't always lead to scale benefits: Barry

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... members, according to Spirit Super's chief investment officer. Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) ASI 2021 conference Ross Barry cautioned that scale benefits do not deliver themselves. "The danger is that you ...