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APRA outlines 2023 super priorities

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2023
... revisions to SPS 515, and progressing connected reforms on prudent transfer planning, financial resilience, investment governance and retirement incomes. This year, trustees can expect changes to several policies, such as investment governance, MySuper ...

Top 10 issues for super funds in 2023: KPMG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2023
... the long-term nature of the industry. APRA has emphasised this by updating its Prudential Standard SPS530 Investment Governance, calling for super fund to undertake scenario testing on climate risk. Super funds will play a critical role in assisting ...

Prime Super appoints new board directors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2023
... Funds Management. Dooley and Durston replace retiring directors, Frontier principal consultant and head of investment governance Brett Lazarides and former Haileybury dean of staff Gavin Watson; they joined the fund on 1 January 2019. Prime Super chair ...

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
... situations." Pertinently, as p reviously reported by Financial Standard, APRA has released updated guidance on investment governance for super trustees. The new draft prudential guidelines lay out new requirements for liquidity management, stress testing ...

QIC multi-sector private debt team wins mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022
... February this year to provide "a combination of broad and deep origination networks; institutional-grade investment governance; and extensive credit, ESG and structuring experience." State Investments chief investment officer Allison Hill said she is ...

APRA releases annual corporate plan

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2022
... trustees' practices as they relate to their 'best financial interests duty' (BFID) obligations, investment governance, successor fund transfers and financial resilience, strategic planning and business performance review practices, insights ...

KPMG spotlights super's biggest challenges

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2022
... scale and enhancing internal capability. For funds, KPMG believes it will be critical to maintain robust investment governance arrangements, continue investments in contemporary portfolio management and optimise custody arrangements of investment data. ...

New guidance to improve super funds' understanding of ESG risks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2022
... considerations in investment strategy. Responding to submissions to its consultation process for strengthening investment governance standards (SPS 530), the prudential regulator said several submissions contained requests for detailed guidance on managing ...

Super trustees face rough seas ahead: Byres

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2022
... the event, APRA executive director of superannuation Suzanne Smith said another key area for APRA concerns investment governance. Smith said as global economic conditions become more uncertain, appropriate, and effective governance is essential to generate ...