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ISA, Grattan find common ground

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
Industry Super Australia has found some common ground with the Grattan Institute in regards to its report on the effects of the government's Early Release of Super (ERS) scheme. Part of Grattan's modelling found that millions who accessed the COVID-19 ...

MySuper returns negative

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
Default MySuper products delivered negative returns in the 2019/2020 financial year, but the results weren't as bad as they could have been. According to the Rainmaker MySuper investment performance index, MySuper products delivered an average return ...

Aussie investors unhappy with pandemic performance

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
Australian investors are considerably more dissatisfied with portfolio performance than their global peers, according to bfinance's mid-year Asset Owner Survey. Over 40% of super fund respondents in Australia have been dissatisfied with the performance ...

Corporate super plan appoints chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
A corporate superannuation plan has appointed a new chair from Frontier Advisors, as the incumbent retires after 16 years. Gabriel Szondy will chair the Alcoa of Australia Retirement Plan, which manages retirement savings for the employees of Alcoa ...

Industry super accused of misleading consumers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
Liberal MP Jason Falinski has accused industry super funds of using the Google AdWords term 'retail super' after BT was fined for using the term 'industry super'. The subject arose as Falinski questioned ASIC during the Senate Parliamentary ...

Generation gap opens up in financial advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020
There is a gaping void between what consumers once wanted from financial advice and what they want now and it's being accelerated by COVID-19, according to research from KPMG. KPMG surveyed more than 1500 consumers in May to ask them about their experiences ...

AMP closes ethical option to super members

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2020
AMP has taken the AMP Capital Ethical Leaders Balanced fund off its investment menus for superannuation members. AMP super members in CustomSuper, Flexible Lifetime, AMP Flexible Super, SignatureSuper, SignatureSuper Select, SuperLeader and the Woolworths ...

Favour turns to active management

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
Amid the market volatility the COVID-19 pandemic ushered in, a new survey has revealed that sentiment is turning in favour of active investment management. The Natixis Investment Managers survey found that 79% of finance professionals globally and 78% ...

Investors should factor in climate risk: JANA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2020
JANA has called on investors to factor climate change into major investment decisions, warning the impact of climate change and unclear policy responses by governments pose a significant risk to returns. In a report sent to clients, including superannuation ...

Administrators appointed to IPO Wealth

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
Voluntary administrators have been appointed to IPO Wealth, one of the main investment vehicles for embattled Mayfair 101. Darryl Kirk, Barry Wight and Rachel Burdett of turnaround and restructuring advisory firm Cor Cordis have been appointed as voluntary ...