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ACSRF, NGS Super explore merger

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
The two industry funds have signed a memorandum of understanding and will begin due diligence to explore a merger that could create a $21.5 billion superannuation fund. The $9.5 billion Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund and the ...

Sales, reporting top buy-side pandemic struggles

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
... concerns varied at sell-side and buy-side firms. The survey asked the participants how challenging it was for their organisation to respond to COVID-19 induced disruption on a 0 to 10 scale, with 8-10 being the highest degrees of concern. More than half ...

IOOF, LUCRF Super on ERS workload

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... $10,000 ERS transactions impacted his work. "These early payments brought a considerable volume of transactions to our organisation in the volatile period of April and May and this is still continuing," he said. "Overall, the transactions and volume ...

AIST veteran tenders resignation

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees executive has announced her departure after more than 15 years with the organisation. Maryann Mannix-White, who had most recently served as AIST's chief membership officer, has tendered her resignation ...

Impact investing seeks to address racial inequality

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
A new initiative in the US, with $4 million in backing from J.P. Morgan Chase, has seen a small business lender and an impact investor come together to address racial inequality. CDC Small Business Finance and Capital Impact Partners, which describes ...

ERS doesn't justify higher SG: Grattan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... pre-retirement income instead of 89%," it said. "Both are well above the 70% post-tax replacement benchmark used by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development and the Mercer Global Pension Index to determine how much is needed in retirement." ...

ASX reviewing CHESS replacement feedback

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
The ASX is now reviewing market recommendations on the new system to replace CHESS, following the conclusion of a four-week consultation period ending July 28. CHESS was developed by the ASX over 25 years ago, enabling the conversion of physical shares ...

Investment committees not up to scratch

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
New research from Thinking Ahead Institute has identified the flaws in investment committee practices and governance. The research, Going from good to great, points to the aviation industry as one the investment industry could stand to learn from. The ...

Big companies dig deep

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
Australian corporates have contributed over $150 million to support the community during COVID-19, according to new analysis form Strive Philanthropy. The research focused in on Australia's 50 leading corporate givers from its latest GivingLarge dataset ...

AFCA creates new role

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
... the design and delivery of membership value and service propositions and joins from RACV where he built and led the organisation's membership fulfilment functions as head of membership operations and delivery. He was previously head of integrated customer ...