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David Elmslie steps down as Hostplus chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2022
... welcome Damien to the board of Hostplus and look forward to working closely with him to continue to deliver strong performance and better retirement outcomes for our members," Lyons said Laundy added: "Damien will no doubt bring valuable perspectives ...

Top super funds for ESG revealed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2022
... by Rainmaker Information has identified 32 superannuation funds as leaders on ESG principles and strong investment performance. These 32 funds have received Rainmaker's inaugural ESG Leader Rating. In all, Rainmaker Information has identified 43 ...

July 1 super changes: Are you ready?

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2022
... concessional before tax or non-concessional after-tax. For institutions, July 1 sees the expansion of the annual investment performance test that was first applied to MySuper products in 2021. The test, introduced under the Your Future, Your Super reforms ...

Practifi partners with Voyant

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2022
... technology platform is partnering with financial planning solution Voyant to provide enhanced client experience and performance optimisation. The integration, which comes just one year after Voyant's entrance into the Australian market, will allow financial ...

Andrew Formica to return to Australia

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2022
... the business and markets. Despite those challenges, we continued to deliver for our clients with strong investment performance and our focus on high conviction active management," he said. "Whilst it is always hard to find the right time to hand over ...

Performance test comms criticised

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2022
ASIC is warning super trustees to ensure they communicate upcoming performance test outcomes correctly to members, saying some of the funds that failed the test last year also failed to adequately inform members. The regulator has reviewed the performance ...

Super trustees face rough seas ahead: Byres

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2022
... at the Trans-Tasman Business Circle 'Meet the regulators' event, APRA chair Wayne Byres said to expect the performance of super trustees to continue to be the subject of intense scrutiny. On APRA's latest priorities, Byres said that even ...

IFM Investors launches climate transition fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2022
... Benchmarked to the ASX 300, it offers a low-risk strategy for those looking to align with the Your Future, Your Super performance requirements, IFM said. The pooled fund targets a 50% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2030 relative to 2019 benchmark ...

Equip makes key leadership appointments

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2022
... at MLC. Scroggie has worked with several Australia's leading superannuation funds to solve strategic growth and performance challenges as part of KPMG's management consulting division. Cameron said while the industry continued to consolidate ...

TWUSUPER awards bond mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2022
... changing landscape, that is focused to deliver diversified fixed income exposure with multiple levers for generating performance with a risk-controlled approach." "We believe this solution meets the needs of our investors, particularly in light of the ...