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APRA intensifies scrutiny of underperformers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2021
The prudential regulator is cracking down further on the superannuation funds that failed the performance test, chair Wayne Byres warned this morning. Last week, APRA named 13 super funds that failed its inaugural performance test. The House of Representatives ...

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 ...

Fiducian's FUA inches to $4bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2021
Fiducian Group's funds under advice continues to grow but could be dampened by legacy clients that will not renew the services of an adviser. Fiducian's FUA went up $700,000 to $3.7 billion in the year to June 2021, thanks to acquisitions, inflows ...

Super ASX dominance trends down: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021
Despite being among the prime targets of the government's recently launched inquiry into common ownership, new analysis from Rainmaker Information finds the share of the ASX held by superannuation funds is actually falling. In 2019, Rainmaker predicted ...

Super, fund manager ASX dominance launches inquiry

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
Member of Parliament Tim Wilson will lead the charge to determine if big super's domination over the Australian sharemarket is stifling competition. This morning, the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics announced the launch ...

IFM blames "unfounded" class action for Tandem worries

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
A Shine Lawyers class action against IFM portfolio company Tandem made it harder for the subcontracting firm to win business in the lead up to its administration, according to IFM Investors chief executive David Neal. Neal was quizzed about the firm's ...

Super, ASIC beneficiaries of advice challenges: Hearing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
Yesterday's Standing Committee hearings on financial advice suggested the corporate regulator and industry superannuation funds are the only ones benefiting from increasing costs. Appearing before the Standing Committee on Economics on Thursday ...

Broken advice industry shuns everyday Aussies: AFA

KARREN VERGARA, ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021
The alarming rate that financial advice is increasingly becoming unaffordable for everyday Australians further cements the position of the rich and powerful, an inquiry heard this morning. The Association of Financial Advisers president Michael Nowak ...

Top economist Don Stammer to fund UNE scholarship

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
Before he was an investment banker and economist with an enviable career spanning more than half a century, Don Stammer was just a 'Vacy boy' trying to beat the odds. He pays it forward this year with a university scholarship program, held in ...

Aware questioned on bonuses

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021
The $130 billion industry fund Aware Super was grilled on the bonuses it pays executives and how it justifies them. The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics asked Aware chief executive Deeanne Stewart and chief investment officer ...