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Superannuation

NZ Super Fund posts decent full-year return

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
The NZ Super Fund returned 1.89% (after costs, before NZ tax) in the year to 30 June 2016.

IFM active equity team wins first mandate

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
IFM Investors' active equities team has won its first institutional mandate from an industry super fund.

Super inefficiencies coming to the fore

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
Blunt messages are being sent to the Productivity Commission as it prepares to conduct its comprehensive review of superannuation's competitiveness and efficiency.

Parametric keeps value factors in check

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
Global asset manager and tax efficiency specialist Parametric is pitching to Australian superannuation funds with a factor-based investment strategy for global equities that targets the value factor.

Retirement income opportunities begin early

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
Choice chief executive Alan Kirkland believes bi-partisan government support is needed for a superannuation objective that makes the retirement income message clear.

Millennials investing, just not in super

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
Younger Australians, those aged 18-29, plan to invest more than their older counterparts, according to the MLC Q2 Wealth Behaviour Survey; the problem is they're not planning to invest in their superannuation.

$500,000 non-concessional cap scratched

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
The Federal Government has reworked its 2016 Budget measures on superannuation to drop the $500,000 lifetime non-concessional cap and alter several other policies.

Hostplus tripling venture capital exposure

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
Industry superannuation fund Hostplus is committing $400 million to venture capital over the next five years with a portion likely to be invested before year's end.

Millennials investing, just not in super

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2016
Younger Australians, those aged 18-29, plan to invest more than their older counterparts, according to the MLC Q2 Wealth Behaviour Survey; the problem is they're not planning to invest in their superannuation.

CIPR discussion paper by year's end

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
There are still plenty of policy issues that have to be unpicked around Comprehensive Income Products for Retirement but Treasury says a framework discussion paper will be released by year's end.