Institutional investment in Australia is both highly innovative and complex. The regulatory focus – and associated literature – on institutional investment has been on the sell-side. Considerably less attention has been paid to the buy-side, that is to the institutional investors themselves....

The authors examine the behaviour and attitudes towards superannuation of 25-34 year old Australians. The results of the survey suggest they are generally uninterested in their superannuation accounts. They seldom read the information provided by their funds, rarely change their fund, and a...

This report was prepared at the request of the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees to assist its members deal with corporate governance issues relevant to the shareholding investment of trustees of Australian superannuation funds. The report: (a) outlines the meaning and importance...

While Australia's superannuation scheme is a fundamental part of supporting and sustaining Australia's increasingly aging and retiring population, young Australians demonstrate consistently poor knowledge of, and behaviour and attitudes towards, superannuation. This study is the first...

This report presents the results of a study examining superannuation knowledge, behaviour and attitudes in 994 young adult superannuation fund members (25-34 years old) in Australia. Respondents completed a 75 question online survey instrument which included questions on demographics and...

This study investigates whether Australian superannuation funds and other institutional investors are concerned with the human resource management (HRM) and industrial relations (IR) practices of companies. It examines whether they use indicators of HRM or IR practices in their investment...