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Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative launches

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... Regulatory Guide to facilitate meaningful disclosures on ESG and ethical considerations in investment products, and for super funds to disclose their portfolio holdings within 90 days of each half year. The roadmap also calls for removing roadblocks ...

Retail superannuation funds grilled on member priorities

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... Mulino told Mercer chief executive for Australia and Pacific zone leader David Bryant that too many underperforming super funds appeared before parliament saying that it is "way too complicated" to be judged using a specific benchmark and period of time ...

SMSFs are cost-effective, deliver for members

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
New research suggests that self-managed super funds are giving retail and industry funds a run for their money in terms of fees and returns. Joint research by the SMSF Association and Rice Warner found SMSFs with $200,000 or more are cost competitive ...

Retirement income failing Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander people

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... lack of data on this issue. It is not possible to quantify how much this really effects the population because most super funds do not record the Indigenous status of members. At the 2016 Census, 45% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders aged 65 ...

Insurance in super is confusing: Consumers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... without referring them to a financial adviser. This demonstrates members only have a vague idea about the information super funds can provide and do not understand the demarcation between the two, the research states. It also notes that it is possible ...

Kogan execs chase big bonuses

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... executive remuneration," he said. Ridder said he had met with some of Kogan's largest shareholders, including industry super funds and institutional fund managers. "What became clear from the meetings I had was that we should have held an [extraordinary ...

Give the people advisers: Retirement Income Review

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... the report found. The barriers to seeking that advice are cost, small finances and lack of trust. The report found super funds are uniquely well placed to provide financial advice, however, it acknowledged there is likely to be a conflict of interest ...

New trustee for Spaceship

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... as a strategic adviser for Pacific Infrastructure Partners. Diversa provides trustee services to 23 APRA-regulated super funds with more than $8 billion of assets under management. Spaceship wrote to members saying that the change will not impact them ...

Aussies reunited with $1bn in lost super

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... owners. The Association of Superannuation Funds (ASFA) estimates 700,000 Australians will receive lost super after super funds have sent ATO's latest consolidating lost and inactive account balances. People with inactive super accounts with balances ...

AustralianSuper net-zero promise flawed: MarketForces

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... fund confirming it has no active (but still passive) investments in thermal coal companies. Eight of the largest 40 super funds now exclude investment in thermal coal miners like Whitehaven Coal and New Hope Group, according to the group. These are Aware ...