Australia is well-positioned to be at the forefront of the future of private capital, with total private capital assets under management reaching a record $68 billion. ...

As the current crisis is testing investment ‘truths’, Parametric has claimed gold’s expected negative correlation to equities is worth interrogating with an institutional...

With the average early release superannuation draw-down standing at slightly over $8,000 and with the load spread across virtually superannuation funds, the industry is h...

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission was only conducting five investigations relating to industry funds compared to 16 relating to retail funds. ...

Confronted by almost record levels of inquiries to call centres, superannuation fund executives have again canvassed extending the scope of intra-fund advice. ...

Both AustralianSuper and UniSuper have been reported as having imposed a downward revaluation of their unlisted assets....

Superannuation industry executives have acknowledged the potential for funds to run into liquidity issues because of the downturn and risk to jobs in the travel, hospital...

The Federal Government is being confronted by an increasingly united front on the need to retain the deductibility of advice fees from MySuper products....

Industry funds-owned IFM Investors has maintained its relative silence on how it remunerates its executives, arguing that a key parliamentary committee is seeking more in...

A coalition of consumer groups has pointed to key changes to advice and life insurance resulting from the Royal Commission and insisted on no loopholes and no carve-outs....

Financial Planning Association chief executive, Dante De Gori has pointed to the impacts of increasing regulatory oversight with the cost of generating a statement of adv...

Superannuation fund trustees will not be able to resort to members’ funds held in trust to pay civil penalties arising from the new Financial Accountability Regime....

Changes surrounding climate change will be the world’s ‘third revolution’, according to Fidelity global head of stewardship and sustainable investing Jenn-Hui Tan....

A West Australian adviser has told the Federal Treasury that industry funds have been allowed to hide behind intra-fund advice and to create an environment that favours o...