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Super concerns over legislation: Schroders

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2021
... conversations he has been having with superannuation clients, they are focused in on the implications of the performance benchmarking test. As announced in the 20/21 federal budget, the performance benchmarking tests the net investment performance of ...

Super underperformance needs to be addressed: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JAN 2021
... research shows there is an underperformance challenge that needs to be confronted. The Rainmaker 2020 Superannuation Benchmarking Report found that across several major asset classes, super funds struggle to match asset class indexes. Rainmaker executive ...

S&P DJI ventures into crypto indices

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2020
... City-based crypto asset software and data firm Lukka, which will provide S&P DJI-branded and customised indexing and benchmarking solutions. Lukka bridges the gap between the complexities of blockchain data and traditional business needs, serving clients ...

AFCA pivots to member experience

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... the ombudsman more frequently. In addition, AFCA is in the process of developing a tailored and real-time member benchmarking dashboard, aiming to minimise disputes by providing more insights about performance. Untersteiner added that AFCA had engaged ...

Treasury expected to release retirement review

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... released since, including during the October 4 federal budget which the government used to announce radical performance benchmarking for superannuation funds. The Treasury is now gearing to release the report tomorrow, with a heads up on the exact timing ...

Stockpicker pay cheques revealed

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
... of $704,167 this year but a third said their bonuses were zilch for 2020, according to Peter Lee Associates' pay benchmarking of the sector. Peter Lee interviewed 80 investment professionals in September and October for its Australian Equity Investors ...

Poor progress on human rights revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
The sad state of human rights concerns among the world's largest corporations has been laid bare in a new benchmarking report, finding little to no progress has been made in the last 12 months. The World Benchmarking Alliance released the fourth edition ...

AIST pokes holes in Your Super, Your Choice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
... AIST said assessment benchmarks should accurately reflect the underlying investments of each fund. "Inappropriate benchmarking risks driving behaviour to track the benchmark allocations which in turn would lead to poorer returns to members," it said. ...

Pension funds told to practice what they preach

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2020
... are failing to align their portfolios with their sustainable investment policies, according to the latest annual benchmarking report from the Association of Investors for Sustainable Development. The Association of Investors for Sustainable Development ...

Spaceship delivers for millennials

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020
... based on new research, is outperforming its competitors by a long shot. Rainmaker's newly-released June 2020 Benchmarking report found Spaceship outclassed its peers in terms of performance over a one-year and three-year period, delivering 11.9% ...