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SG increase means lower wages: Grattan

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
Grattan Institute has again weighed into the ongoing debate over the necessity of the legislated increase to the superannuation guarantee. In a new research paper, Grattan claims workers "overwhelmingly" pay for increases to the super guarantee through ...

RI Advice faces ASIC action

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2019
ASIC has filed a Federal Court action against RI Advice and one of its former financial advisers who was the subject of a case study during the Royal Commission. Commencing court action today, the corporate regulator has alleged RI Advice failed to ...

Super sector needs to end culture war

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... House Canberra." Such lobby groups, he says, are reluctant to change the current system, and propagate the "myth" that more super is always the best solution. "I do not believe childish responses from the industry, such as accusing people of being 'anti-vaxxers' ...

Axe super for low-income earners: Senator

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... outside of it," Dunnin noted. To keep the super system intact, Bragg believes two questions must be answered: Will more super reduce future pension costs to government and how much better would retirement standards be with more super? "The last Intergenerational ...

Super fund invests through RateSetter

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
... of our model's appeal to a broad range of investors. We applaud their leadership of their sector and would encourage more super funds to consider impactful investing." According to RateSetter, its loan default rate is currently 1.6%. The platform has ...

Ethical funds not ambitious enough: Future Super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
... natural for me to choose that option and put my super towards funding the clean energy transition," he said. In urging more super funds to create investment options that save carbon emissions, Verwey was critical of those who stay invested in fossil ...

Call for super funds to divest gambling interests

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2019
... have holdings in companies like Crown and Aristocrat but chose not to name the funds. Australian Ethical wants to see more super funds divesting from gambling companies for this reason, and has launched a new public information campaign to cast a spotlight ...

UBS signs on Morningstar

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
UBS will use Morningstar to provide securities pricing and industry news on its platform that five large superannuation funds use for their direct investment options. In an arrangement signed off six weeks ago, Morningstar replaced Reuters, which had ...

Superannuation fund comparison tool launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2018
... the Productivity Commission exposed the market failure of the default super sector," he said. "The solution is not more super funds-that is the last thing Australians need. What all Australians need is for current super funds to work hard for our money ...

Tobacco-free portfolios divide investors: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
As more superannuation funds and investment managers divest tobacco from portfolios and encourage others to follow suit, a Financial Standard poll shows the initiative has a mixed effect on investors. The survey, which asked what best described the ...