Volume 10 Number 2

Volume 10 Issue 2

Investment

TONY FOSTER | Comments | FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2018

As infrastructure investors begin to cast their nets wider in the search for high-yielding and diversifying assets, marine infrastructure is one area which offers many characteristics that will appeal ... As ... Read more

Measuring physical climate risk in equity portfolios (part one)

DWS * | Comments | FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2018

This white paper provides some of the tools that investors need to more accurately monitor and address the physical effects of climate change on investment portfolios. The objective is to satisfy institutional ... This ... Read more

Measuring physical climate risk in equity portfolios (part two)

DWS * | Comments | FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2018

Part one of this paper, published last week, looked at the risk indicators developed by Four Twenty Seven and used in their modelling to obtain physical climate risk score, which is applied below to ... Read more

Debunking the ESG myths in emerging market debt

SIMON COOKE | Comments | FRIDAY, 29 JUN 2018

Investors often discount the importance of environmental, social and governance (ESG) analysis in emerging market debt (EMD) investing, based on perceptions that emerging market governance is inherently ... Investors ... Read more

Hedging for profit: constructing robust risk-mitigating portfolios

ASHISH TIWARI , JOSH DAVIS , BRAD GUYNN | Comments | FRIDAY, 6 JUL 2018

Recent spikes in volatility have focused investors' minds on mitigating the risk of an equity market correction - and for good reason. The economic cycle in developed economies is approaching its ... Recent ... Read more

Insurance

Total and permanent disability insurance through super

LINDA BRUCE | Comments | FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018

Personal insurance policies, such as death, total & permanent disability (TPD) and income protection insurance, are often held within super. In fact, more than 70 per cent of personal insurance policies ... Personal ... Read more

Technology

Thriving in an age of disruption

YOLANDA BEATTIE | Comments | FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018

The Experience of Thriving Every organisation has a vibe, a feeling that is noticeable from the moment you enter. Some are hectic and stressful; others feel cold and sterile. Many are humdrum and dull ... The ... Read more

The NPP and superannuation

KPMG PTY LTD | Comments | FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018

The New Payments Platform offers the superannuation industry great potential to facilitate faster payments for the benefits of members and business and corporate customers. However, it will take innovation ... The ... Read more

The journey to tomorrow's buy-side operating model

PHILIPPA THOMPSON , STEVEN IOANNOU | Comments | FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018

Today's buy-side leaders know they need a clear, compelling vision to stay competitive. Balancing the challenges in pursuit of that vision is not a trivial task. Attracting new assets, providing ... Read more

Retirement

Fool's gold?

RAEWYN WILLIAMS , PAUL BOUCHEY | Comments | FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018

"...gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich." - Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-84) Superannuation funds in Australia will rightly be pleased with the average double-digit investment returns ... "...gold ... Read more

Communications & Marketing

Super issues 2018

GUY MCKANNA , MATTHEW MCGILTON , PAUL O'BRIEN | Comments | FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018

There is a range of trends, themes and issues that our industry will need to address this year. Improving environment, but increasing challenges The majority of respondents expect this year to be better ... There ... Read more

Latest News


Hume blasts super merger laggards HARRISON WORLEY Senator Jane Hume has slammed the superannuation industry over the excuses used by super funds for not merging, saying there is simply no excuse when members' best interests are at play.	No pat on the back for high performers: APRA HARRISON WORLEY APRA's superannuation heat map will not feature any means for demonstrating high performance across any of the system's metrics, the regulator has revealed.

Default insurance likely to go: Silk HARRISON WORLEY AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk has predicted the ousting of default insurance in the super system.	Fee hike at government super fund KANIKA SOOD A government superannuation fund has increased its admin fees for the first time in nine years.

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