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MySuper heatmap reveals sub-par products

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2022
The annual MySuper heatmap shows there are six products that had significantly poor performance in relation to the benchmark. EISS Super's MySuper option, Colonial First State FirstChoice Employer Super, BT Super MySuper, Westpac Group Plan MySuper ...

ASIC proceedings name Pendal board member

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2022
ASIC has started civil penalty proceedings against 11 current and former directors and executives of Star Entertainment Group, including a Pendal Group director. ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court argued that the Star's board and executives failed to ...

More alpha gains through ops

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2022
Growth in fund complexity and managing assets in-house has triggered intensive efforts by pension funds to beef up their operational and support functions. JANA principal consultant and head of operational consulting, Jo Leaper, says there is a growing ...

Pinnacle's performance fee revenue could plummet

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2022
Pinnacle Investment Management Group (Pinnacle) expects its net share of performance fees to be potentially less than $1 million, down from $6.4 million in the corresponding period ending 31 December 2021. In an ASX announcement, Pinnacle said several ...

Life insurer claims under regulator watch

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 12 DEC 2022
ASIC has called life insurers to review the accuracy of their systems and controls for claims calculations and payments. This follows theidentification of systems failures in the incorrect applications of consumer price indexations (CPI)'s to life insurance ...

APRA, ASIC concerned over premium increases

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2022
APRA and ASIC have asked the chief executives of life insurers to explain the continuing increases to retail insurance premiums following complaints from consumers and reportable situations. In a joint letter, the regulators said they're concerned premium ...

PM Capital appoints distribution director

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2022
The former general manager of retail distribution at Challenger has taken on a new role at PM Capital. PM Capital has confirmed the appointment of Luke Cheetham as director of distribution. He will be responsible for the distribution of the firm's ...

2023 the year for fixed income: Schroders

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2022
According to Schroders deputy head of fixed income Australia Kellie Wood, while 2022 was the year for investors to be out of fixed income, the year to be back in is 2023. "2022 has certainly been a very tough year for us as bond managers," Wood said. ...

BlackRock implements ETF stock split

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2022
BlackRock Australia has implemented a stock split of three of its long-standing US equities ETFs. BlackRock said the split of iShares S&P 500 ETF (IVV), iShares S&P 500 (AUD Hedged) ETF (IHVV) and iShares S&P Mid -Cap ETF (IJH) will make it easier for ...

ASIC suspends, cancels AFSLs

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2022
The corporate regulator suspended Quantum Funds Management Limited (QFML)'s AFSL and cancelled that of AFSL Group. The suspension of QFML follows the ban of its managing director Peter Gribble for failing to pay $2.5 million in Australian Financial ...