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Failure and frustration for ESG post-YFYS

Your Future, Your Super (YFYS) is the ultimate blunt instrument, and super will be glad to see it tweaked. But perhaps the bigger debate is around the future use of another blunt instrument: exclusion.

Lachlan Maddock | 8th Jun 2022 | More
‘Come at us’: Mercer ready for competition at scale

Mercer Super Trust’s merger with Westpac’s superannuation assets will prepare the retail fund for a new era of competition in Australia’s rapidly consolidating super sector.

Lachlan Maddock | 27th May 2022 | More
YFYS sees a ‘bifurcation’ in property strategies

Your Future, Your Super (YFYS) is creating a two-speed system in unlisted property where the biggest funds are forced offshore and the smallest must play in their own backyard. That might soon change.

Lachlan Maddock | 27th May 2022 | More
  • Turn and face the change: A better future for super?

    The last nine years of government have been characterised by a deep-seated suspicion of the country’s largest investors. But with Labor back in power, the super wars are almost certainly over.

    Lachlan Maddock | 25th May 2022 | More
    Morrison revives super’s wicked problem

    Once a stalking horse for a small cabal of noisy backbenchers, “Home First, Super Second” has found its way into the Coalition’s policy arsenal ahead of an unpredictable election.

    Lachlan Maddock | 18th May 2022 | More
    Time to make sustainability real for members: JANA

    As big super pursues an engagement-focused approach to sustainability, the challenge will be making its real-world impacts felt by both members and executives.

    Lachlan Maddock | 11th May 2022 | More
  • Lessons from a $5 billion fund in the world of ‘bigger is better’

    Life isn’t always easy at the small end of town, but the $5 billion legalsuper is kicking against APRA’s orthodoxy that bigger is nearly always better.

    Lachlan Maddock | 6th May 2022 | More
    Tough lessons for super from abroad

    Big super’s long march toward the future will be fruitful. But adopting the Canadian Model of pension management means coming to grips with the dual questions of legitimacy and governance.

    Lachlan Maddock | 4th May 2022 | More
  • Prepare for the might of the giga-fund

    In less than 20 years there will likely be a trillion-dollar super fund. So how will it throw its awesome weight around? It might have been premature to label AustralianSuper our first mega-fund. After all, it gives little room to move when coming up with a descriptor for a fund that will someday manage $1…

    Lachlan Maddock | 29th Apr 2022 | More
    How YFYS is reshaping investment strategies

    Your Future Your Super (YFYS) will make super funds bigger and more risk averse – except when it doesn’t, according to a new report from J.P. Morgan Asset Management (JPMAM). The report, which follows J.P. Morgan’s inaugural survey of super fund executives, shows that CIOs are now adapting their investment strategies to the demands of…

    Lachlan Maddock | 6th Apr 2022 | More