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AMP tops worst-performing super funds list

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
Retail superannuation funds provided by AMP and OnePath continue to charge high fees and deliver poor returns for members, the latest Fat Cat report shows. For the sixth year in a row, AMP continued to dominate robo-adviser Stockspot's Fat Cat list ...

CalPERS scrutinises CIO personal investments

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020
... in. The board said that: "Government code 87100 clearly prohibits all public officials at any level of state or local government from making, participating in making, or in any way attempting to use their official position to influence a governmental ...

CFA Institute reveals new exam regime

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
The CFA Institute has bid farewell to paper-based exams and has announced more flexible and convenient scheduling. The move comes in what the CFA Institute says will turn the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic "into positive opportunities"; modernising ...

Calls for financial services to include procurement targets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
First Nations Foundation (FNF) has also called on the financial services industry to aim to include procurement targets in their Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) development. The Indigenous-led not-for-profit promoting financial literacy made the call ...

Another merger at First State Super

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... will be the second largest superannuation fund after AustralianSuper. WA Super, which is the default fund for local government employees in Western Australia, previously tried and abandoned a merger with Statewide Super and Tasplan which would have created ...

AIST pushes for policy reform

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... said. "This includes exploring policy approaches that address variations in regulatory regimes across state and local government areas, and changes that allow both tenants and landlords to share the benefits from increased investment in sustainability ...

J.P. Morgan wins custody mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... ASX-listed platform and superannuation provider Xplore Wealth. Last year, it was renewed as the custodian for Local Government Super, extended its partnership with Neuberger Berman but lost the custodian contract for Funds SA to Northern Trust after ...

LGS certified carbon neutral

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
Local Government Super (LGS) announced it has been certified carbon neutral through Climate Active. LGS said the certification means it is one of only five Australian super funds to achieve carbon neutral status. The fund said it was awarded the certification ...

First Nations Foundation gets COVID-19 funding

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
... Indigenous-led organisations." The other recipients of funding are Beam Australia, Inspiring Rare Birds, and Local Government Professionals Australia. This year, First Nations Foundation's Big Super Day Out was cancelled due to COVID-19. The event, which ...

Industry funds continue risk-adjusted domination

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... their performance and relationships with volatility risk measures. The super fund for Western Australia's local government workers, WA Super, took the top combined risk adjusted position in the three years to March 2020, thanks to a 4.6% p.a. three-year ...