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SMSFs: Who, what, where, when and how

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
Financial advisers have been provided with a simple checklist to employ when considering recommending a self-managed superannuation fund to clients. Australian Financial Complaints Authority lead ombudsman - superannuation, June Smith reinforced the ...

Contrarian manager enters super sector

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 17 SEP 2018
Operating and investing in Australia for more than a decade, a contrarian asset manager is introducing superannuation and retirement investment solutions to the local market. White-labelling the OneVue wholesale platform, Allan Gray Australia is offering ...

Pension funds feel the heat on climate change

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... Reserve pour les Retraites of France also ranked in the top 10. The leading US fund was the New York State Common Retirement Fund which received a AA-rating and ranked third. AODP analyst Felix Nagrawala said the AODP is turning up the heat on pension ...

Kapstream renews industry fund relationship

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2018
... strategy. Marking the latest in a series of mandates awarded this year, the Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund recently became a cornerstone investor for the Kapstream Absolute Return Income Plus Fund. Kapstream first flagged its ...

Industry fund awards sustainable equities mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
... by an $8.5 billion industry superannuation fund. Following a review, the Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund will invest an undisclosed amount in Robeco's Emerging Markets Sustainable Active Equities strategy. Combining quantitative ...

Retail super funds in hot water: Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
... Questor Financial Services, which acted as both the trustee of superannuation funds, including The Portfolio Service Retirement Fund (TPS), and responsible entity for a number of managed investment schemes, fell below community standards and may have ...

Hayne sees red over failed merger

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
... were on the line. Talks of a serious merger between Catholic Super and the Australian Catholic Superannuation Retirement Fund (ACRF) dated back to October 2016, the Royal Commission heard yesterday. By not going ahead with the merger, it failed to prioritise ...

Industry fund replaces asset consultant

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018
... industry superannuation fund has appointed a new investment consultant. The Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund ended its five-year relationship with Willis Towers Watson, appointing Frontier Advisors effective immediately. Frontier ...

Average superannuation balances double, female savings lag

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 2 JUL 2018
When it comes to retirement savings the disparity between men and women is still large, latest research shows. Roy Morgan research shows that despite a doubling of the average superannuation balances of intending retirees, females still lag well behind ...

AustralianSuper exec makes next top CIO list

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2018
... continents. He is the only Australian to have made the list. "Barker has a prime pre-CIO role at Australia's largest retirement fund, which is arguably the world's best overall system. He's been on the radar for a long time, making a name ...