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Four MySuper products fail for second time: APRA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2022
Five MySuper products have failed the second annual MySuper performance test, with four of them failing for a second time. The product that failed this year's performance test for the first time is Westpac Group Plan MySuper. Westpac must now identify ...

The unintended consequences of the performance test

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2022
While the annual Your Future, Your Super performance test is focused on stamping out underperformance, its impact on industry consolidation is likely already shifting, according to KPMG. The results of the second annual performance test are expected ...

Spirit Super consortium withdraws from port acquisition

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2022
The Spirit Super and Palisade Investment Partners Consortium has not proceeded with its Port of Geelong acquisition, withdrawing its request for merger clearance from the ACCC. The ACCC recently informed the Spirit Super Palisade Consortium that it ...

A sensible roadmap: Industry responds to QAR paper

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2022
... delivering affordable and accessible financial advice by focusing on outcomes for consumers, not out-dated compliance documents and red tape." "Financial advice is weighed down by layers of red tape that has pushed the cost of advice to more than $5000 ...

CEFC invests in Macquarie cattle station fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2022
The federal government's Clean Energy Finance Corporation has committed $75 million to Macquarie-owned Paraway Pastrol, as the farming giant aims to cut its methane emissions. The investment, made via the Macquarie Pastoral Fund, will see Paraway reduce ...

Super giants, investment firms join Future IM/Pact

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2022
UniSuper, Aware Super, Pinnacle Investment Management and TDM Growth Partners are the latest to sign up to the program founded by Yolanda Beattie in 2018. Future IM/Pact is a movement that recruits and fosters young women in Australia's investment sector. ...

Not ruling anything out: Insignia Financial

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2022
Having attributed its strong FY22 earnings to its recent acquisitions, Insignia Financial's Renato Mota is not ruling out future M&A opportunities to add scale. "We have undertaken two large acquisitions, I think that's provided us with tremendous ...

Insignia Financial profits jump 59% to $234.5m

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022
Insignia Financial announced its underlying net profit after tax (UNPAT) has increased 59% to $234.5 million in FY22 from $147.8 million last year. The results were driven by the completion of the MLC acquisition in May as well as strong business growth ...

Perpetual to acquire Pendal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022
Perpetual will acquire 100% of Pendal, in a scheme of arrangement that's been unanimously endorsed by the latter's board. Under the agreement, Pendal shareholders will receive one Perpetual share for every 7.5 Pendal shares plus $1.97 per share ...

Will big super's unlisted investments amplify retirement savings?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2022
Industry Super Australia (ISA) has said that industry super funds' exposure to unlisted assets could lead to its members having more than $130,000 extra at retirement. Today, industry funds have investments of over $1 trillion, including more than ...