Australian Superannuation - Articles & White Papers
The Australian Superannuation research section features over 200 articles and white papers which discuss Australian superannuation issues, covering both DB and DC pensions. The most read Australian Super research covers such topics as long-term investing, superannuation governance, retirement readiness and the trends shaping Australia's superannuation industry. Other Super research, white papers, reports and surveys examine New Zealand...
superannuation, inflation protection, independent directors, centralised portfolio management and other aspects of the current Australian superannuation landscape. Papers which look at asset allocation amongst Australian superannuation funds, as well as comparing Aussie Super Funds to those in other regions of the world, are popular. Australian superannuation funds have been pioneers in infrastructure investing, and a case study on this topic has been particularly popular with pensions professionals from Super Funds.
We show that people exposed to greater pension risk are less likely to invest in risky assets. We exploit a reform that links people’s future pension benefits to their pension funds’ funding ratio—a measure of the fund’s financial health—making funding ratios a fund-specific measure of pension risk. The effect of pension…
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund was established to help reduce the future tax burden of universal pensions for New Zealanders. We began considering the implications of climate change more than 10 years ago. Over time our analysis, supported by independent research, determined that climate change is an investment risk and…
Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic — the Australian government has also been led to introduce a variety of measures affecting the financial services industry, including the reduction of default minimum withdrawal rates for pensions (for 2019/20 and 2020/21) and allowing for temporary early release of superannuation. The economic…
In a 'not to miss' QPod episode, QIC's Investor Podcast channel, QIC's Deputy State Chief Investment Officer Allison Hill is joined by LGIAsuper’s CIO Troy Rieck, who offer their insights and perspective on our economic recovery.
When COVID-19 took hold, early hopes for Australia's economic recovery centred on…
The COVID-19 crisis of 2020 has offered up investment challenges which have not been seen since the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) of 2008/09, including in the sphere of the currency hedging program. While there have been challenges in currency returns, exchange rate volatility, market depth, and in particular, liquidity…
The volatile market appears to have provided active fund managers opportunities to outperform the benchmark, although the benchmark still outperformed greater than 50% of funds.
Australian investors generally have significant exposure to the AUD (through locally based investments like Australian-based shares, property, infrastructure, fixed income and cash). The other currency to which they have substantial exposure is likely to be the USD through their global share, property, infrastructure and…
In our latest QPod episode, QIC’s CEO Damien Frawley talks about our most recent QIC Super Fund Media Roundtable initiative and highlights the invaluable role that super funds play in not only navigating the current uncertainty for their member’s retirement needs, but in rebuilding our national economy.
