‘An implausible planning scenario’: Inside the UniSuper outage
WEBJun 27, 2024 · In May this year, UniSuper’s member services system was taken down by the failure of a key service provider. For a week, more than 647,000 members with more than $135 billion invested in the fund could not access their accounts. Investment Magazine goes behind the scenes of this unprecedented crisis with UniSuper CEO Peter Chun to examine the causes, the remedies and the lessons learned.
UniSuper and Australian Catholic Super complete merger
WEBUniSuper and Australian Catholic Superannuation (ACS) have completed a merger to form a $115 billion super fund which came about after ACS failed APRA’s performance test last year. The ACS investment team led by Michael Block will not be joining UniSuper a spokesperson for the fund confirmed. With a member base of 620,000 members, the ...
Equip Super beefs up defensive, real assets investment teams
WEBOct 17, 2022 · However, he acknowledges that if the institutional asset manager business model comes too much under pressure, it poses risks and instability to Hostplus’ externalisation model. Equip Super hires two senior portfolio managers to strengthen its defensive assets, alternatives and real assets team at …
Investment Magazine | Intelligence for Institutional Investors
WEB5 days ago · Investment Magazine provides in-depth, monthly analysis of trends and developments for all the businesses in which superannuation funds engage‚ including asset allocation, investment manager selection, custody and fund accounting, member administration, group insurance and compliance.
2024 Fiduciary Investors Symposium NSW - Investment Magazine
WEBMay 31, 2024 · The 2024 NSW symposium will delve deep into the big secular trends reshaping institutional investment to hear from experts and peers about how they are adapting to and thriving in this uncertain age. This event is open to chief investment officers of institutional asset owners and senior members of …
Unisuper the last stop for industry veteran - Investment Magazine
WEBAug 5, 2008 · Investment Magazine provides in-depth, monthly analysis of trends and developments for all the businesses in which superannuation funds engage‚ including asset allocation, investment manager selection, custody and fund accounting, member administration, group insurance and compliance.. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of this land upon which Conexus Financial sits, the Cadigal of ...
AusSuper restructures investment team
WEBDec 15, 2022 · AusSuper restructures investment team. Australia’s largest super fund AustralianSuper announced on Thursday the split of its Australian equities team from international equities and private equity, resulting in the departure of head of equities Justin Pascoe. The Australian equities team will be carved out as a …
CareSuper and Spirit Super agree to merge - Investment Magazine
WEBJun 1, 2023 · The two funds begun exploring the possibility of merging in November last year. CareSuper was established in 1986 and has around 220,000 members and $20 billion in FUM. Spirit Super was established in 2021 through the merger of Tasplan and the Motor Trades Association of Australia Superannuation …
COP28 highlights role of emerging markets on path to net zero
WEBDec 21, 2023 · A lucrative opportunity lies in emerging markets, she says, as government, corporates and investors were seen at COP28 creatively addressing the problem of de-risking private capital to fund transition. “Trillions of dollars annually need to be invested by the private sector in emerging markets or the world will simply not achieve net zero.
As ART goes national, can it close the gap on AustralianSuper?
WEBAug 1, 2023 · In the short term, the difference in strategy has paid off for ART, which has just reported a 10 per cent return for its Super Savings Balanced option for the 2023 financial year compared to AustralianSuper’s 8.22 per cent for its Balanced Investment option. Of course, comparing two funds can depend on the time period chosen, with some ...