In November this year, the US$556 billion (A$838 billion) CalPERS’ board approved a momentous structural change that gives the fund a single reference portfolio for judging performance, delegated ...

Netwealth’s belated decision to make First Guardian consumers whole offers an opportunity for the superannuation sector to ...

Netwealth’s belated decision to make First Guardian consumers whole offers an opportunity for the superannuation sector to avoid descending into a partisan conflict between profit-to-member funds and ...

Bitcoin is an emerging store of value in a digital world, sharing many of the properties of gold – including scarcity, portability and divisibility – according to AMP senior quantitative researcher ...

The government intends to introduce a cooling-off period for consumers switching super funds, limit “inappropriate” financial advice fee charging and make changes to anti-hawking laws to mitigate the ...

While soft defaults are increasingly being considered as an option for helping millions of Australians into retirement, they might not be the best way of making them more confident or helping them ...

The $36 billion Brighter Super has appointed an interim chief investment officer after Mark Rider stepped down from the fund. Investment Magazine can reveal that the Brisbane-headquartered fund has ...

ASIC’s review of private markets found that super funds generally “demonstrate good operating practice”, but questions around valuations and terminology linger. The problem, according to Robert Moore, ...

The retirement phase of superannuation is growing in size, complexity and significance, driven by Australia’s ageing population and the maturing of the system. Approximately 2.5 million fund members ...

Walmart co-founder Sam Walton famously said that there is only one boss: the customer. By simply spending their money elsewhere, the customer can fire everyone from the chair down. The takeaway is not ...

The Conexus Institute has commenced a research project on superannuation fund trustee board skills, composition and competency, seeking to bring an evidence-based fact set to a controversial ...

What comes next is weak economies and tough policy choices. Going back before going forward, in 2020-21, aggressively applied ...