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Warakirri launches retail funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
Melbourne's Warakirri Asset Management has launched new retail funds from its freshly-minted partnership with Northcape Capital. Warakirri is launching a new global emerging markets fund that invests in 20-40 stocks. It is managed by Northcape, whose ...

BDM salaries to drop

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
... an investment platform should set their salary expectations at between $190,000 and $230,000. The same role at a retail funds management business could command between $200,000 and $270,000, while those on the insto side should expect anything from $250,000 ...

Super fund satisfaction mixed, SMSFs unhappy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020
... 72% reported being happy with their fund, versus 65% of those who did not seek guidance. According to Roy Morgan, retail funds saw the biggest increase in ratings, recording a 2.2% rise year on year. However, it did little to boost the retail sector's ...

IFM adds to leadership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... your referral to APRA and ASIC do not clearly indicate that the sought for investigation will include bank-owned retail funds - which were the locus of misconduct in the Royal Commission, and were found to systematically underperform by the Productivity ...

S&P warns of record fallen angels

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... reached a three-month low of 5.90% on Monday, June 8, down from double-digit figures in early March," it said. S&P said retail funds investing in US high-yield bonds posted an inflow of US$5.1 billion during the week ended June 10, marking the 11th consecutive ...

Report reveals superficiality of ESG pledges

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... voting records be public for super funds. Just 18 of the 50 largest funds disclose a complete proxy voting record. Retail funds, on average, had more incomplete voting records than industry funds. While members of the Principles of Responsible Investment ...

Super consolidation to slash 60% of funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... retirement savings will have shrunk to 21 in five years' time. By 2029, just 12 will be left standing. Conversely, the 118 retail funds currently in operation will have shrunk to 74 within the next half a decade, with 52 still around in 10 years' time ...

Asgard, Future Super shamed on ERS

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
... Liberal MP Tim Wilson was only enquiring about conflicts of interests in industry superannuation funds and not in retail funds. "I have not written to ASIC and APRA because those matters were dealt with during the Royal Commission," Wilson said. When ...

IFM Investors hits back at MP demanding probe

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
... your referral to APRA and ASIC do not clearly indicate that the sought for investigation will include bank-owned retail funds - which were the locus of misconduct in the Royal Commission, and were found to systematically underperform by the Productivity ...

Super escapes COVID-19 hit

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
... exposure to unlisted assets such as property and infrastructure. Self-managed super funds were hit in a similar vein to retail funds, realising a loss of $69.7 billion over the quarter. However, public sector funds performed admirably, losing just $8.6 ...