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Super fund board renewals need work: APRA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2022
... expectation of trustee boards, saying the issue of board governance is an ongoing and increasingly sharp focus for APRA as super funds get larger and their operating environment more complex. In particular, she pointed out that one area of focus is on ...

Hostplus defies inflation fears

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2022
... market price is somehow perfect and that anything unlisted listed has valuations that are essentially fabricated by the super funds," he says. The investment chief points to the plethora of auditors, regulators and custodians - all of whom check valuations ...

Super fund reporting requirements 'a dog's breakfast'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022
Assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones has doubled down on overhauling transparency requirements so members can access clearer, more meaningful, and more consistent information about their fund. "Decades of scattergun ...

HESTA commits $240m to build-to-rent pipeline

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022
... build-to-rent developments becoming financially viable," it said. However, as previously reported by Financial Standard, super funds have been deterred from investing in the affordable housing sector because of lower total returns, higher perceived risk ...

Winners are grinners: FPA awards

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... intangible impacts of his advice, impressed the judges. "Further, his advocacy at a grassroots level, including with super funds and lawyers to improve their processes, is to the benefit of his clients and the financial planning profession more broadly," ...

Affordable housing investments a win-win: ISA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... the government has shown it is serious about tackling affordable housing supply, now the key players - like industry super funds - need to thrash out the ideas that will align this national interest with our members' financial interest."

Private market investment impediments not insurmountable: Frontier

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2022
Frontier's ' Super in the Economy ' report says super funds haven't invested more capital into private markets because of the Your Future, Your Super (YFYS) performance test and that there are opportunities to create further investment in the sector. ...

Industrial property ensures big wins for TelstraSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2022
... not just that Miller made the right call on industrial real estate; TelstraSuper had less retail exposure than other super funds. Moreover, the retail portfolio is heavily skewed to what he describes as 'daily needs' shopping centres which proved ...

Super funds told to report asset valuations more frequently

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2022
APRA has released updated guidance on investment governance for superannuation trustees. The update, which comes into effect in January of next year, is designed to assist trustees in meeting their requirements under the recently strengthened Prudential ...

Super is enabling private market democratisation: PGIM

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2022
... can offer," Antia said. "But increasingly, retirement schemes that are professionally managed, such as Australian super funds are creating responsible and viable paths for retail investors to participate in these investment opportunities. They do this ...