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APRA releases draft climate change guidance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
... portfolios to contribute to a lower carbon world," Boele says. "Encouragingly, this last year has seen various leading super funds and investment managers announce net zero strategies, however there remains a gap between investment strategy and consumer ...

Super fund liquidity could be better: RBA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
... liquidity, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has said. In its Financial Stability Report for April, the RBA praised super funds' management of liquidity pressures throughout 2020, particularly the impact of the early release of superannuation scheme. ...

WTW head of strategic advisory resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
... research about Australia's superannuation industry becoming the most successful in the world, Melville commented that super funds have shown considerable resilience and will continue to play a significant role in the nation's recovery. Melville ...

EISS Super, TWUSUPER explore merger

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
... combined fund will have about 130,000 members and $12 billion in funds under management. In a joint statement, the two super funds said they will commence due diligence, and initial discussions have been "very positive". "We have an obligation to our ...

Vanguard appoints super administrator

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
... its superannuation offering last month, taking the contract from the likes of Link and Mercer that service existing super funds. "Vanguard is pleased to confirm the appointment of GROW Inc. to provide fund administration services to Vanguard Super, due ...

Super funds need to get on board with crypto: Carnegie

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
Ahead of the launch of his new digital assets fund, investment banker Mark Carnegie has warned that Australian super funds need to get on board with cryptocurrencies. Carnegie is launching the MHC Digital Asset Fund, in partnership with blockchain expert ...

Increase to super contribution cap

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021
... superannuation, financial services and the digital economy Jane Hume said. Concessional contributions are made to super funds before tax and taxed at a rate of 15% inside super funds. The cap for non-concessional contributions, which are made to super ...

MySuper fees could halve in 10 years

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
... Australia's median superannuation fees in reality look expensive." Dunnin said it is not unrealistic to expect Australian super funds to go from charging 1.1% p.a. in median fees to 0.5% p.a. over the next decade. "But this timeline could shorten ...

Unlisted assets deliver modest returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
New research reveals that MySuper products with high weightings to unlisted assets provide modest returns but contribute lower volatility and higher autocorrelation. Rainmaker's latest RMetric report sought to find out if the performance of MySuper ...

ABC, ISH arrangement faces scrutiny

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021
... may have a material impact on the way that he covers this sector? How do any of these payments benefit members of super funds?" he asked. Falinski also wanted to know much money industry funds give to Industry Super Holdings and Industry Super Australia. ...