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YFYS test results not a fair representation: Frontier

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
Frontier is concerned the APRA performance test does not adequately assess acceptable performance, given several of the funds that were failed actually perform better than others that passed. The asset consultant, which advises on $490 billion, said ...

Results out: 13 funds fail YFYS performance test

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
Big names like Colonial First State's FirstChoice, BT Super and Christian Super are among the 13 superannuation funds that failed APRA's inaugural performance test. In all, APRA tested 76 MySuper products in this round, of which 13 failed. This ...

FPA appoints FPEC chair

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
... a senior lecturer in financial planning and superannuation and director of work integrated learning at Deakin Business School. Olynyk began a career in lecturing financial planning in 1999 at RMIT University before going on to a senior lecturer position ...

Aware Super, VISSF merger to proceed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021
After four months of due diligence, the two super funds have confirmed they will merge before the end of the year. In a joint statement, Aware Super and the Victorian Independent Schools Superannuation Fund (VISSF) said the merger will create the largest ...

Maths an unpopular subject with high schoolers

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
... they may see maths are complex or abstract, and many schools don't have enough STEM-qualified teachers. It said 45% of school principals that responded to its survey said maths and science classes were being taught by teachers not fully qualified. "The ...

Top economist Don Stammer to fund UNE scholarship

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... National University (where he earned his doctorate). He was a visiting professor in the MBA program of the Australian Graduate School of Management at the University of NSW. A staunch protector of the environment, he was a director of the Sustainable ...

Aware Super adds to board

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2021
The $145 billion superannuation fund has welcomed a new director following the retirement by rotation of longstanding director Rosemary Kelly. Angela Nigro has joined the Aware Super board, having been nominated by the Health Services Union. Nigro is ...

Wilsons adds to board

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2021
... Zealand partner Craigs, RANQX Holdings, a senior advisor at BGH Capital, trustee of NZ Business Mentors, Auckland Grammar School Foundation and the New Zealand Dementia Prevention Trust. He was also previously the chair of Contact Energy and Fletcher ...

Perpetual adds to board

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
... also a trustee of a number of endowments including International House, Fashion Institute of Technology and The Chapin School. "We are delighted to welcome a director of Mona's calibre to the Perpetual board," Perpetual chair Tony D'Aloisio said. "Her ...

Future Generation announces chief executive

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021
... has been on the Future Generation board since 2019. Gurney's charitable work includes being a member of the Ascham School Council and the Centennial Park and Moore Park Foundation, an ambassador for the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation ...