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Industry fund secures stake in asset manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
... "This is an important mark of recognition for responsAbility, as we have attracted the interest of a committed impact investor far beyond our original home market," he said. "We look forward to working with Christian Super to further expand the scope ...

Advice affordability a growing concern

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
... super funds were seeing growth among planners, with 9% of planners allocating client inflows to industry fund platforms so far this year. Netwealth is still the highest rated platform, with 55% of planners primarily using the platform listing their satisfaction ...

UK fund manager appoints local lead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
A $5.3 billion renewable infrastructure manager named a lead for its Australian office as it looks to launch a suite of local products. Foresight Group appointed Kim Nguyen as head of Australia, to lead the asset manager's expansion in the local ...

Industry funds could solve energy crisis: ISA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2019
... develop long-term solutions "to otherwise intractable problems". "In the event of continued stand-offs on energy policy making, far-sighted industry super funds can play a role," Combet said. "With the best interests of their members at heart, industry ...

Rest increases renewable energy investment

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2019
The $50 billion industry super fund will take full ownership of the largest wind farm in Western Australia as it moves to boost its infrastructure portfolio. Rest has agreed to buy out UBS Asset Management's 60% stake in Western Australia's Collgar ...

Future Super to offer investment app

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019
The $400 million superannuation fund is set to launch an investment app. Future Super is planning to open the doors to Array, an app allowing everyday Australians to invest in renewable energy for as little as $5. According to the Array site, the first ...

Hostplus makes bid for SMSF money

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2019
... designing the SMSF options about two years ago and launched a few months ago. Watson said about 50 SMSF have signed up so far, adding $15.5 million in funds under management. The move is aimed at retaining members who may want to leave the fund to set ...

ASIC approves AFCA rules change

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... is now required to provide access to the AFCA scheme for consumers and small businesses harmed by financial misconduct as far back as January 2008. AFCA will be able to deal with certain complaints about misconduct which it could not previously deal ...

ASIC FAR, advice industry contract

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2019
... than six months. As of this month, there are 27,108 active financial advisers in Australia, Rainmaker analysis of latest ASIC FAR data shows. At its height in January 2019, there were 28,863 advisers registered with ASIC. The figures show about 1755 ...

New AFCA remit not enough: Law firm

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2019
A law firm has approached the Treasury with concerns the reforms made to the Australian Financial Complaints Authority after the Royal Commission are flawed and need urgent amendment. In February, the Federal Government expanded AFCA's remit to give ...