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Rest climate change trial delayed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
... which McVeigh is represented by Equity Generations Lawyers principal lawyer David Barnden, could set a precedent for super funds. The case will question what trustee duties apply when it comes to climate change. Justice Nye Perram is overseeing the case ...

Labor calls for end to war on super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... everyone to access their super at any time they're feeling the pinch - like a bank ATM. "What this would mean is that super funds would have to hold more cash to pay out like a big bank ATM, rather than getting better returns by investing in assets ...

Report reveals superficiality of ESG pledges

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... Investor Group on Climate Change supported less than 50% of climate related proposals between 2017 and 2019. Those super funds were AustralianSuper, Cbus, BT, Russell Investments, First State Super, UniSuper and AMP. The Investor Group on Climate Change ...

Super consolidation to slash 60% of funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... their retail counterparts. The firm's new Transformation in the Superannuation Industry report claims the 38 industry super funds currently offering a home for Australians' retirement savings will have shrunk to 21 in five years' time. By 2029, just ...

Hundreds of billions ripped from super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... super sector was smashed to the tune of $207.9 billion during the March quarter, as the total unconsolidated assets of super funds took a 6.9% tumble as COVID-19 smash financial markets. Now standing at $2.82 billion, the industry had crossed the $3 ...

Senator criticises lazy super system

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
Senator Jane Hume has said the compulsory nature of superannuation allowed super funds to become lazy, creating inefficiencies in the system. She has also hinted the government will soon turn its attention back to the Productivity Commission's recommendation ...

MySuper goes back-to-back in the black

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
... results mean that despite the impact of the CFC on the real economy, its impact on returns of diversified default super funds is relatively subdued," Rainmaker said. "The MySuper index has fallen back only to where it was 12 months ago." Rainmaker executive ...

Asgard, Future Super shamed on ERS

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
... of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics that was supposed to focus on ME Bank's recent troubles, the super funds performing poorly in terms of early release copped surprise criticism. APRA had advised that early release payments should ...

IFM Investors hits back at MP demanding probe

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
... and what motivation the Committee might have to focus solely on IFM Investors, other than its ownership by industry super funds," the letter reads. ? ?

Impact investing set to skyrocket: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... market has more than tripled from $5.7 billion to $19.9 billion in this period, as Australian investors - including super funds and family offices - increased their exposures to clean energy, housing, education, health and conservation. The report shows ...