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Ninety One wins equity mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2020
A $42 billion superannuation fund has awarded a mandate that targets Chinese equities to the newly rebranded Ninety One. State Super has allocated the mandate to Ninety One's 4Factor All China Equity strategy. Ninety One manages $205 billion with ...

AustralianSuper ratings slide at Morningstar

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
... three options with nearly 86% of its total $180 billion slide to the lowest analyst rating of "bronze". The superannuation fund's $135 billion balanced option, $13.5 billion high growth option and $7 billion stable option moved to bronze is an October ...

AustralianSuper backs cobalt miner

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
... payments from March 2021 and restart study costs. It will also use the money for Idaho Cobalt Operations. The superannuation fund is already a Jervois shareholder. It participated in a July 2019 raise, which helped fund the feasibility study of the Idaho ...

Sam Henderson sentenced

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... During the Royal Commission, audio was played of one of Henderson's employees impersonating a client to a superannuation fund. The commission found that same client was given a statement of advice by Henderson which contained a recommendation that ...

QSuper head of advice exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
The head of QSuper's advice unit has departed after the superannuation fund restructured its financial-advice offering to members. Kim Hughes, who was appointed as the $110 billion superannuation fund's chief of advice for QInvest in February 2019 ...

Super fund chief to retire

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
The long-serving chief executive of an industry superannuation fund has announced their intention to retire. Bill McRobert will depart as chief executive of the Meat Industry Employees' Superannuation Fund (MIESF) in March of next year. The decision ...

Retail super fund scores best customer service nod

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020
A retail superannuation fund has taken the top spot in a comprehensive member satisfaction and experience survey, bumping off AustralianSuper from the top. Colonial First State has regained the top spot in the Forrester Research's 2020 Australia ...

Stapling equals accountability: Hume

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
Senator Jane Hume said the newly-proposed stapling initiatives will force superannuation funds to take better accountability and create a new level of engagement with members. The Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial ...

Industry fund launches new passive options

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
A $6 billion industry superannuation fund has introduced a range of low-cost, indexed investment options for members as it closes two other options. LUCRF Super has made changes to its range of investment options to offer members a wider range of low ...

Proposed changes ahead for APRA's heatmaps

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority is considering making changes to its MySuper Heatmap to reflect the reforms proposed by the government in the federal budget. Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Online Chair ...