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18 September 2020 • By Lachlan Maddock • 1 min read

‘There was never going to be a problem’: Sicilia

Hostplus chief investment officer Sam Sicilia has slammed speculation that the fund would have liquidity problems due to early release and said it ...

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Costs a barrier for super mergers: PwC

The costs of consolidation could see smaller superannuation funds “wipe out their whole reserves overnight”, an expert has warned, despite ongoing ...

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High fundie wages driving Cbus investments in-house

The newly elected Cbus chief and former BlackRock boss has stated high salaries have propelled tall profit margins for external fund managers, as the ...

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Are super funds failing on climate change?

Super funds are talking the talk on climate change – but are they walking the walk? A report from ClimateWorks Australia in partnership with Monash ...

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Recruitment, career progression for women key to investment diversity

How funds approach their recruitment and career progression for female staff, particularly after maternity leave, is essential to addressing a ...

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Frozen mandated super will cost more in long-term, actuary warns

Freezing mandatory super contributions at 9.5 per cent of workers’ salaries will not improve Australia’s fiscal position over time, new research from ...

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Super funds go on the offensive

Industry funds have launched an offensive at their “detractors in Canberra” as they stare down the barrel of a freeze to the superannuation guarantee

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Small business ombudsman joins freeze super contributions camp

The small business ombudsman has chimed in on the calls to drop the scheduled increase to mandated super contributions in fear of adverse impacts to ...

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Hostplus CEO downplays calls for pay cut

The chief executive of one of Australia’s largest industry funds has refused calls to take a pay cut for the 2020 financial year, despite the fund ...

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Economics committee a ‘witch-hunt’: Leigh

Labor MP Andrew Leigh has accused the Coalition of using the standing committee on economics to weaken superannuation in what Liberal MP Tim Wilson ...

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