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Mercer Super chalks up 11.2% return

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2024
Mercer Super's SmartPath, its default lifecycle investment option, has delivered returns ranging from 11.2% and 11.7% for the last financial year. Mercer's acting chief investment officer for the Pacific region Sue Wang said the results were an excellent ...

MetLife refreshes two products

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024
... MetLife Protect Super is a risk-only superannuation product. MetLife Protect Super is issued by Equity Trustees via the Smart Future Trust. Changes that affect both products include an additional 60-day waiting period option for income protection for ...

Political risk pushes institutional investors to cash: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024
State Street Global Markets has released the results of the State Street Institutional Investor Indicators for June, showing risk appetite fell 0.09 in June, revealing a modest risk off bias across the month. State Street Global Markets head of macro ...

Adviser permanently banned for faking qualifications

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2024
... firm became aware of Vee's misconduct. He was previously licensed through Maven Capital for two months in 2020 and with Smart Solutions Group for the six months to February 2019. He first provided advice in 2018. According to the ASIC FAR, Vee did ...

QIC beefs up energy team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024
... investment specialists and 25 non-executive directors and advisers. Last year QIC acquired Bluecurrent, an Australasian smart metering business, adding to its portfolio that also incorporates Tilt Renewables, Pacific Energy and Lochard Energy in Australia ...

Social media, news addiction cost returns: Morningstar

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024
Investors addicted to the financial news cycle and social media hype tend to time the market and forego substantial returns compared to staying the course, according to Morningstar. The "hyper-informed" investor is one who incessantly checks stock prices ...

Retail funds drive down admin fees: KPMG

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2024
Expensive retail superannuation funds have finally become competitive with industry funds after bringing down their administration fees, a new analysis by KPMG shows. KPMG found that admin fees for MySuper products have come down from 0.33% to 0.26% ...

Advisers should leverage US tech blueprint: SIAA panel

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
While the US is at the forefront of financial advisers leveraging the best technology available, Australia's advice industry cannot be left behind and should learn from the blueprint it has laid out, investment experts told the Stockbrokers and Investment ...

Mercer rolls out new corporate super plan

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024
Mercer Super has launched a new corporate superannuation plan for employers of all sizes called Mercer Business Super. Mercer Super chief executive Tim Barber told Financial Standard that historically, Mercer Super Trust's "bread and butter" has been ...

How to win in today's wealth management industry: EY

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
To outperform in the wealth management industry, leaders must conquer several "underlying challenges" by 2030, according to an Ernst & Young (EY) report. "Overcoming these challenges is vital if wealth managers are to create value for clients, stakeholders ...