How small pension funds can benefit from their size
With no end in sight to the fund merger trend in Australia, funds of under $1 billion in size are under greater pressure to show their worth. There are ways they can do so, say experts.
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Consolidation among Australian superannuation funds rolls on, but the country’s smaller pension funds can still thrive if they focus on building relationships with niche fund experts and make smaller, targeted investments, according to local market experts.
A June 2020 report issued by KPMG estimated that in five years’ time, the current 217 regulated super funds will have shrunk to 138.
Linda Elkins, KPMG’s head of asset management, said: “We have seen merger activity ratchet…
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