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Pain ahead for super trustees on unlisted valuations

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2021
Last year many superannuation funds revalued their unlisted assets during lockdowns. Now APRA says most of their policies were deficient. Super funds took different approaches to the revaluations. For example, at Cbus the board devalued unlisted assets ...

YFYS spurs half to change asset mix

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
Only half of superannuation funds will be prompted to change their investment profile as a result of the new Your Future, Your Super performance test, an Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees survey shows. The poll, conducted at AIST's ...

Aware Super to offload farm assets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
The $140 billion super fund is readying to sell a significant agriculture portfolio, comprising cropping assets and water entitlements in Victoria. Aware Super will commence the sale process of its Lake Boga agribusiness portfolio, including one of ...

QIC appoints chief investment officer

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
QIC has appointed a new chief investment officer for its $58 billion state investments team, as the incumbent retires. Allison Hill succeeds Jim Christensen who is retiring after five years with the firm. Hill joined QIC in January 2018 after working ...

CFS drops admin fees on FirstChoice Employer Super

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... months. As part of the separation, Colonial First State has appointed a new leadership team under executive chairman-elect Rob Coombe. Key appointments have included Andrew Morgan as chief financial officer and Anthony Lane as chief risk officer.

New role for Harvey Kalman

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
Former Equity Trustees global head of business development Harvey Kalman has joined a debt and special opportunities investment manager. He joins Arbitrium Capital Partners as non-executive director and chair of its credit risk committee. In July this ...

Maritime Super criticises unfair YFYS test

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
Ahead of the results of the inaugural Your Future, Your Super performance test, the chief executive of Maritime Super has aired concerns over the implications of communicating with members where their fund has underperformed, particularly where that ...

Industry steps up for Lifeline

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021
... Lifeline in their quest to address these issues now and into the future." Perpetual is also supporting Lifeline, chief executive Rob Adams said: "All aspects of our lives have been impacted by COVID and supporting each other during such difficult times ...

Stockspot hires from Vanguard

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2021
The robo-advice business has appointed a head of superannuation and partnerships, hiring from Vanguard. Enid Lal started in the newly created role on August 16. She will lead product initiatives to support Stockspot's direct clients including SMSFs ...

Douugh rolls out robo-advice

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2021
The Australian fintech launched an integrated robo-advice service for its US customers, while its current Australian robo-adviser will shortly fold into this offering. Douugh Wealth Portfolio Jars combine technology and human expertise to allow its ...