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Super funds keen on alternatives managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
... IFM Investors remained the top winner, winning appointments to $3.7 billion worth of assets. The profit-to-member super funds with the most mandates were Hostplus (172 total mandates), HESTA (110), Cbus (101), Media Super (97) and Australian Catholic ...

Grattan Institute chief retires

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
... middle-income earners. That claim led to Grattan being criticised by Industry Super Australia and the Association of Super Funds.

Super fund invests through RateSetter

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
... model's appeal to a broad range of investors. We applaud their leadership of their sector and would encourage more super funds to consider impactful investing." According to RateSetter, its loan default rate is currently 1.6%. The platform has a provision ...

Wealth jobs in demand

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
... redundancies", but added the skills in demand are still relatively consistent. Hays said boutique wealth firms and super funds were still active industry employers and were "adding headcount". The firm said advisers culled as a result the big four's ...

APRA sticks to rigid member outcomes deadline

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
... consultation for prudential standard Strategic Planning and Member Outcomes (SPS 515) is underway, APRA has forewarned super funds that the proposed elements will likely remain largely unchanged and the 1 January 2020 effective date is on track. From ...

REI Super announces new partnership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
... so it can begin delivering insights quickly. Laneway's Provident Lane function has been designed specifically for super funds and aims to use analytics about fund membership, acquisition, retention and churn profiling to drive business forward. The AI-driven ...

ESG options outperform in the short term: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
... shows. Rainmaker's latest Roundup report, which analysed 139 multi-manager, strategic investment options offered by super funds, found Equip's MyFuture Sustainable Responsible Investments (14.1%) topped the 12-month performance table to May 2019 ...

Super funds hard to engage with: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
... Investment Trends senior analyst King Loong Choi said. "Given members' significant appetite for advice and education, super funds must improve their access to the services most sought after by their members." The report also found super fund loyalty ...

MySuper lacks risk and return correlation: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
... to see if funds are achieving what they say they have set out to do using this analysis of performance and risk. "Super funds need to be accurately communicating their strengths (relative to the market) to members and the RMetrics MySuper report will ...

PYSP communication divides opinion

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
... queries. The survey divided respondents as 47% equally believed communication was effective, while the same number said super funds could have done better to inform members. A few days after the July 1 implementation deadline changes, a host of super ...