No amount of hard data or compelling evidence is going to stop people who want to use their super to buy a home. And super funds might have to help out after all. The idea of using superannuation for housing
The Morrison Government wants to present a small target on superannuation at next year’s election. But Labor has big ideas for the sector that could be impossible to match. Superannuation might well be the Liberal Party’s Moby Dick. It’s a
Investor time horizons pulled back slightly while corporate capital allocators took a much longer view during 2020, according to a new study. The analysis from institutional think-tank, Focusing Capital on the Long Term (FCLTGlobal), found investor time horizons shrank by
Investor concerns about the pandemic are fading. All eyes are now on the burgeoning threat of cyber-attacks, and what they mean for financial system stability. The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) risk barometer was launched in 2013, and provides
Thanks in part to the pandemic, employers have sufficient awareness of mental health problems in the workforce, their human and economic costs. Now is the time for programs to solve them. A multi-country multi-industry webinar last week (December 9) looked
Casey Quirk, the funds management advisory arm of Deloitte, has predicted more M&A activity because of the continued better profits coming from alternative over traditional managers. In a client report last week (December 9) Casey Quirk says alternatives managers, or
The uncomfortable truth is that slavery, even in its more modern form, still exists. The UN estimates there are approximately 40 million victims of modern slavery around the world. The exploitation of people for commercial gain is deeply intertwined into
Private markets assets are “ripe for the picking” for fund managers and administrators quick to use distributed ledger technology, as investment operations are on the cusp of “great change”. So said David Mackaway, the COO of Challenger Group, at the
With COP26 a turning point in net-zero thinking, at least for investors and managers, Ninety One has expressed concern over insufficient focus on ‘real world decarbonisation’. The global multi-asset and specialist manager is presenting its 2022 investment outlooks presentation, ‘The
AMP has a long road ahead. But the big challenge isn’t to change the culture – it’s making everybody else care about it. For decades, the AMP logo has sat high above Sydney Harbour, a potent symbol of one of
No amount of hard data or compelling evidence is going to stop people who want to use their
The Morrison Government wants to present a small target on superannuation at next year’s election. But Labor has
Investor time horizons pulled back slightly while corporate capital allocators took a much longer view during 2020, according
Investor concerns about the pandemic are fading. All eyes are now on the burgeoning threat of cyber-attacks, and
Thanks in part to the pandemic, employers have sufficient awareness of mental health problems in the workforce, their
Casey Quirk, the funds management advisory arm of Deloitte, has predicted more M&A activity because of the continued
The uncomfortable truth is that slavery, even in its more modern form, still exists. The UN estimates there
Private markets assets are “ripe for the picking” for fund managers and administrators quick to use distributed ledger
With COP26 a turning point in net-zero thinking, at least for investors and managers, Ninety One has expressed
AMP has a long road ahead. But the big challenge isn’t to change the culture – it’s making
