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Superannuation

Super funds must harvest farmland

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
A global real assets manager believes there are significant tailwinds for institutional investors placing capital in agriculture over the coming years, provided the approach is diversified and global.

UK corporate pension deficit swells

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
The combined pension deficit of the UK's 350 largest listed companies widened £50 billion ($87 billion) in August, the increase on record.

Disclosure deadlines present super challenge

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
Superannuation has recently received plenty of oxygen in the political atmosphere and fund disclosure is yet another bubble quickly rising.

Super funds extend support to local communities

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
Energy Super has appointed a financial adviser to provide assistance to clients affected by the changing energy industry, while UniSuper has partnered with a non-profit social venture to support employment opportunities for refugees and asylum seekers.

Top pension funds slide for first time since GFC

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
Total assets of the 300 largest pension funds worldwide fell for the first time since the beginning of the global financial crisis, according to Willis Towers Watson research.

Act now to ensure super sustainability: Cooper

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
BT Financial Group chief executive Brad Cooper has called on the government to raise the super guarantee to 12% and limit reviews of superannuation policy to once every five years.

Super CIOs say short-termism endemic

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
Superannuation fund chief investment officers warn that endemic short-termism across super and the wider asset management industry will hurt member returns and place massive pressure on future investment strategies.

Capital stewards create value on Main Street

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
Australia's superannuation system is estimated to reach more than $9.5 trillion in the next 20 years and the role of super funds as capital stewards will remain large, according to industry professionals.

Super investment poorly communicated

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2016
Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees chief executive Tom Garcia believes the super industry has done "an extraordinarily bad job" of communicating its investment story to wider Australia.

BNP partner wins $240m global equities mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2016
A BNP Paribas strategic partner has secured a $240 million global equities super mandate.