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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 ...

Productivity Commission addresses superannuation lottery

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2018
The Productivity Commission recommends an independent review of insurance in superannuation; that Australians enter default super once; and that super funds disclose trailing financial adviser commissions. These are a few of the 22 recommendations in ...

Parametric wins $60m global equities mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2018
... its tax-managed indexing (TMI) strategy from an $8.5 billion super fund. Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund (ACSRF) previously awarded Parametric an after-tax passive global equities mandate in 2016; this has now been increased. "We ...

Industry fund awards emerging markets mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2018
... ClariVest Asset Management will manage the $75 million mandate from the Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund. It marks ClariVest's second emerging markets mandate in Australia in recent times after having won an EM mandate from NGS ...

Super fund launches renewable energy investment option

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
Future Super will launch its new investment option later this month, one which targets a 20% allocation to renewable energy and does not invest in fossil fuels. Future Super co-founder Simon Sheikh said Future Super Growth (Renewables Plus) empowers ...

WA Super awards admin mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2018
... members to come to grips with their superannuation and allow them to play a more proactive role in growing their own retirement fund, he added. Ross succeeded John McNally in February 2017, who decided to retire after 11 years in the top job.