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Best MySuper options by risk-adjusted returns

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
Australian Ethical, Aware Super and BUSSQ are the top three performers in MySuper, when risk adjusted returns are considered. Rainmaker calculated a combined risk-adjusted rank for MySuper options, incorporating their average percentile scores in Sharpe ...

Challenger to change annuity pricing

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
Challenger posted record life sales but warned investors of lower FY21 profits, as tighter credit spreads force it to change annuity pricing. The life business, which includes annuities and other products such as Challenger Index Plus, saw $1.37 billion ...

Former Aon Hewitt adviser banned

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
ASIC has banned a former authorised representative of Aon Hewitt from providing financial services for four years. Andrew Hills has been banned following ASIC surveillance. He was an authorised representative of Aon Hewitt from February 2009 to December  ...

HUB24 FUA up on acquisitions

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
The platform has recorded a significant increase in funds under administration (FUA) as it integrates its recent acquisitions into the business. HUB24's total FUA has reached $51.4 billion with Xplore Wealth contributing $17.2 billion to this figure. ...

Chief economist update: Copper 10,000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
Copper prices continue to rally and indications are it won't be long now until it recaptures the US$10,000 a tonne record it reached 10 years earlier. At the current price of US$9,415.00, copper's only 5.9% away and won't be long till it ...

State Street the largest institutional manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2021
State Street Global Advisors took out first place in R ainmaker's latest rankings of local institutional investment managers by total assets to December end. State Street ended 2020 with $175.3 billion in institutional funds under management sourced ...

Nuveen APAC lead exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2021
Global fund manager Nuveen Real Estate has shuffled its local executive lineup, which includes bidding farewell to its division head for Australia. After one year of heading the Australia and Asia Pacific real estate business, managing director Nick ...

Two Aussie CIOs on top 100 list

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
Two Australian chief investment officers made the annual Power 100 list published by Chief Investment Officer. Con Michalakis, who has been Statewide Super's chief investment officer since 2008, was on the list alongside $171 billion Future Fund's ...

Netwealth FUA crosses $40 billion

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
Netwealth ended March 2021 with $41.8 billion in funds under administration, an increase of 50% over the prior corresponding period. Net inflows in FUA slowed down from $3.2 billion in previous corresponding period to $2.3 billion. Netwealth attributed ...

Managed accounts prop up platforms

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
The growth of managed accounts is the only segment of the platform market that has developed and without them platforms would be going backwards, new research shows. Rainmaker Information's latest Wholesale Advantage Report for the December 2020 quarter ...