Technology  YOLANDA BEATTIE | FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018 The Experience of Thriving Read more  KPMG PTY LTD | 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 and collaboration to seize the opportunitie ... Read more  PHILIPPA THOMPSON , STEVEN IOANNOU | 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 transparency and value, meeting growing regulatory ... Read more Insurance  LINDA BRUCE | 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 in Australia are held through super funds ... Read more Retirement  RAEWYN WILLIAMS , PAUL BOUCHEY | FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018 "...gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich." - Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-84) Read more Communications & Marketing  GUY MCKANNA , MATT MCGILTON , PAUL O'BRIEN | FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018 There is a range of trends, themes and issues that our industry will need to address this year. Read more Investment  TONY FOSTER | 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 to institutional investors. Inter alia it Read more  SIMON COOKE | 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 weak or that data is lacking. In our view, these ... Read more  ASHISH TIWARI , JOSH DAVIS , BRAD GUYNN | 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 nine-year mark, equity valuations appear high and ... Read more |
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Payday super protects most vulnerable: SMC
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Changing retirement landscape needs regulatory framework: Actuaries Institute
|The government has been encouraged to create a regulatory framework that empowers superannuation trustees to offer members targeted help, guidance, and advice (HGA) on issues outlined in the Retirement Income Review (RIC).
SMSF Association, CA ANZ rally against super tax changes
The SMSF Association and Chartered Accounts ANZ (CA ANZ) have urgently called for the rejection of a newly proposed bill that would double tax on many Australians superannuation earnings.
Cover Story
A fresh start
JONATHAN ARMITAGE
CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER
COLONIAL FIRST STATE INVESTMENTS LIMITED
CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER
COLONIAL FIRST STATE INVESTMENTS LIMITED
Colonial First State chief investment officer Jonathan Armitage has a clear-eyed focus on positioning the fund manager as the first choice for retirement and investment savings. Anchoring this ambition is a commitment to delivering stellar investment outcomes, a tenet that's served as his career North Star. Andrew McKean writes.
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Lessons from "Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street"
Netflix's series "Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street" was confronting summer viewing - the harrowing stories of investors losing everything.
What Australians did with their super when COVID struck
Commonwealth Bank data shows the Australians who withdrew super spent more, but paid down their debt.
Equities: Why it's too early for investors to relax
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2023's investor reality check
The latest ASX Australian Investor Study has just been released and the survey of 5,500 Australian adults is a terrific investment market reality check.
