Investment Magazine provides in-depth, monthly analysis of trends and developments for all the businesses in which superannuation funds engage‚ including asset allocation, investment manager selection, custody and fund accounting, member administration, group insurance and compliance.. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of this land upon which Conexus Financial sits, the Cadigal of ...

Apr 4, 2024 · As the assets under management in the Australian superannuation system continue to grow – now up to $3.7 trillion – and as populations around the world age, Australia’s compulsory savings regime is attracting global attention.. While it has its shortcomings – including the need to evolve from a primary focus on worker savings to …

The task of creating a world-class retirement system is only half-done, the Grattan Institute says. In a new report, it proposes a fix to the retirement phase based on systematic annuitisation, alongside account-based pensions, to circumvent reliance on individual funds getting their act together under the Retirement Income Covenant, which it …

Jul 18, 2024 · ^ indicates interim result. Returns are after investment fees and taxes and are rounded to one decimal place; however, rankings are determined using unrounded data held by SuperRatings.. Chant West similarly tracks a category called “growth funds”, which is defined as a 61 to 80 per cent allocation to growth assets.

Mar 12, 2024 · CEOs of super and sovereign wealth funds received upwards of $3 million in total remuneration in the 2023 financial year, according to Investment Magazine's latest analysis based on fund reports and APRA data. CEOs of many of the funds included in the analysis could expect to receive better compensation elsewhere in financial …

May 6, 2024 · If you believe the critics, the private credit bubble is bound to burst any day now. However, asset owners are still bullish on its return potential and resilience. The Investment Magazine Private Credit Forum 2024 heard how investors can take advantage of an environment where opportunities and challenges co-exist for the asset class.

Jan 23, 2024 · The Future Fund reduced its cash component by 2.8 per cent in the 2023 calendar year, redeploying the assets to floating rate credit investments and public equity markets as it attempts to shake off criticism of its performance. But the $212 billion sovereign wealth fund still maintains a reasonably bearish outlook, warning of “questionable” equity prices.

Oct 21, 2024 · In the past two years, the Future Fund has made around $70 billion worth of changes in the portfolio that its director of research and insights, Craig Thorburn, said can be traced back to stubbornly high inflation. As the fund executes its bias toward “owning inflation”, asset allocation around currencies, alternatives and bonds are all looking different.

Dec 13, 2024 · Life insurer TAL and super fund administrator MUFG Pension & Market Services (formerly Link) have been questioned by the Senate about their respective roles in delays to insurance claims lodged by Cbus members. TAL has disputed the characterisation of its relationship with Cbus as providing incentives for the fund to deny or delay claims, while MUFG declined to say whether it agreed with Cbus ...

Nov 19, 2024 · The $34 billion Brighter Super is set to shift a significant proportion of equities assets in MySuper from passive to active management. Chief investment officer Mark Rider says the move is possible because of the scale created by mergers, and the fund will be looking to its newly appointed active managers to generate performance through the cycle by taking idiosyncratic risks.