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Super funds bow to divestment pressure

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021
A new report has revealed the number of companies Australia's largest super funds have rapidly divested amid pressure to invest with climate change in mind. Nine of the 40 largest super funds in Australia have now announced divestment from some of the ...

Milestone launches asset allocation tool

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021
... Marian Azer said within the region portfolio management technology is driven by insourced portfolio management by super funds. "There is a growing demand from Australian superannuation funds, of all sizes and complexities, for an enterprise-based technology ...

Super fund ESG targets lack clarity: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
... the conditions which would result in an escalation to divestment, prior to the act itself". The report finds that super funds' declaration of targets is voluntary and patchy, which makes meaningful comparison between funds impossible, Dan Gocher, lead ...

Parametric names new research lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
... substitute superannuation funds as the neo-bank conglomerates of the future," she said. The advantages of CPM will allow super funds to move to the implementation phase of the investment rationalisation project with a good understanding of the expected ...

ESG professionals in huge demand

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021
... among others. The recruiter said its survey of the superannuation industry revealed some hiring patterns - with many super funds looking for data professionals, those with acurity system skills and investment professionals with asset class specialisa ...

Hostplus called out on climate change

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2021
... only if thermal coal contributes to a certain percentage of company revenue). In fact, six of the 10 largest industry super funds have now committed to net zero emissions by 2050 - AustralianSuper, Aware Super, UniSuper, Rest, HESTA and Cbus. Market ...

Super concerns over legislation: Schroders

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2021
... from receiving new members until a further annual test that shows they are no longer underperforming. Mather said super funds are concerned how the test will affect portfolio management and consequently are changing exposures. "The implications for members ...

ATO releases finding from super survey

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has released the key takeaways from its bi-annual survey of APRA-regulated super funds. Twice a year the ATO survey Australia's large super fund industry on ways it can improve its services and engagement with the ...

Group insurance using shoddy data: Rice Warner

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
... insurance premiums in the 2020 financial year alone. With the onset of regulatory reforms, it appears that insurers and super funds aren't able to stay on top of new legislation and reflect the changes in their data. For example, the complexities of ...

MySuper eyes growth asset returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
MySuper products are achieving near growth-like returns yet incurring investment risk closer to that of balanced products on average, new research shows. Rainmaker's latest RMetrics report found the 55 MySuper funds analysed delivered three-year ...