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Yarra recruits BTFM specialist

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2022
Yarra Capital Management has strengthened its sales and distribution team, hiring an investment specialist from BT Financial Group. Tim Mugglestone has been appointed research relationship manager at Yarra, based in Sydney. He joins from BT Financial ...

Action on super gap slow, small

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... pay whether it's employers or taxpayers, there is no free lunch," chair of the Actuaries Institute Superannuation and Investment Practice Committee Tim Jenkins says of why these reforms have not been implemented. "The very fact that in Australia super ...

SMSFA welcomes ATO adjustments

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022
... "All else being equal, it has been widely acknowledged that the ATO's calculation methodology used to calculate median investment returns for the SMSF sector underestimates the true performance of SMSFs relative to the APRA sector," SMSF Association ...

Pinnacle executive joins Plato LIC

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022
... of funds under management across active ETFs and listed closed end funds. He is also a director of Australian Listed Investment Companies and Trust Association. Prior to joining Pinnacle in 2018, Meyer was chief executive of RMI Investment Managers ...

CSLR will not fully protect investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2022
... will limit consumer access to the scheme - leaving Australians unprotected if they invest in products such as managed investment schemes that later collapse," FPA chief executive Sarah Abood said. Under the proposed model, the government has also missed ...

ATO underestimates SMSF performance: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2022
... 489.000 unique observations with data on over 318,000 unique SMSFs. The research found that the ATO's calculation of SMSF investment performance persistently underestimates SMSF performance, with evidence suggesting that this gap is widening. Commenting ...

Assets under custody hit $4.7tn

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2022
... right technology partnerships and an ongoing focus on standards has been key to achieving efficiency in custody and investment administration," Travers said. "Looking ahead to 2022, we expect our members' focus will centre on the response to changing ...

Retirement Income Covenant, CCIV reforms pass

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
Two long-awaited reforms, the Retirement Income Covenant and Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle regime, passed parliament yesterday. Superannuation funds will have to provide a retirement income strategy for members to assist them in their later ...

IFM Investors adds former Schroders chief

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 1 FEB 2022
... Schroders' Asia Pacific business has been appointed to the board of IFM Investors. Bringing almost three decades of global investment and asset management experience to IFM, Chris Durack served as co-chief executive of Schroders APAC from 2011 to ...

Inquiry criticises gaps in CSLR

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2022
... executive Peter Burgess pointed to deficiencies in the proposed bill that will fail to protect its members. That managed investment schemes are excluded from the scheme is a major concern for the industry, particularly as retail investors suffered substantial ...