The risks of greenwashing have never been so apparent for superannuation fund trustees. Read more

This paper comprises excerpts from KPMG report Super Insights 2022: Key challenges and opportunities. Read more

Superannuation fund member engagement and, in particular, anything tagged as being well-being-related appears to be in the legislative headlights. Read more

In 2016 when Lady Quentin Bryce walked into the Fund Manager of the Year awards, she turned to a leading female portfolio manager and asked, "where are all the women?". Read more

Sustainability in focus Read more

After a long wait following Treasury's initial proposal paper issued in January 2020, the Financial Accountability Regime (FAR) draft legislation has arrived, and there are a few key items that require consideration by superannuation trustees. Read more

This paper looks at the impact of modern slavery risks in investment management, what the industry can do to combat it and the approach JANA takes to ensure their investment managers are considering the risks within client portfolios. Read more

The importance of superannuation to society means superannuation funds are rightly assessed against rigorous investment objectives. Focus has traditionally been on investment returns versus a CPI-based target and versus peer products with similar exposures ... Read more

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) made a product intervention order on 22 October 2020 that imposes conditions on the issue and distribution of contracts for difference (CFDs) to retail clients. This paper summarises the key ... Read more

The conditions around the COVID-19 pandemic-economic uncertainty and lack of internal controls in a new digital workplace-have created the perfect ecosystem for financial crime. Leaders who fail to take the right precautions and preventions now could ... Read more