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Beware creep of cancel culture into super fund governance: Lawyer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
... seriously, so we have always been keenly focused on ensuring funds are well governed and best prepared to navigate uncertain times..." Delahunty said. "...we look forward to working with APRA in this important endeavour."

UniSuper waters down 'volatile' environmental option

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
... build a diversified portfolio." The option has struggled to deliver consistent returns, sometimes over-delivering and other times going into the red. In FY24 the GEO returned -15.96%, and in FY23 it returned 4.9%. In FY21 it shot the lights out, returning ...

Vanguard launches two new diversified ETFs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... management fee of 0.32% per annum. Vanguard head of multi-asset solutions Mathew Cho said investors' needs evolve at different times, and that the firm's diversified ETFs are designed to offer low-cost, transparent diversified investment portfolios align ...

Super, insurance, and bank boards' 'poor practices' targeted by APRA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... financial interests of Australian households and businesses. "Well-governed institutions are likely to be more resilient in times of stress, while poor governance can create weakness that leads to misconduct, losses and failures. It's no coincidence ...

Insurance through superannuation stages a comeback

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2025
... wrapped up within six months, 14% of claims take between six and 12 months, and around 5% exceed a year. Claims processing times improved between 2023 and 2024, the research paper said, with the average time to finalise TPD claims falling from 4.9 months ...

RBA 'not committed' to further rate cuts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2025
... on the market path." The RBA board noted that while other countries - such as the US - had lowered interest rates several times, Australia's inflation had not risen as high and the labour market had remained much stronger, so the economic conditions ...

Outlook favourable for practice valuations: Guide

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2025
... reduced valuations. Centurion said a CBD client base of 100 clients with $1 million in fees could sell for more than three times the fee base. However, clients with fees less than $3000 a year are driving average multiples down, the group said. This ...

The productivity problem: Good ideas never put to use

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... latest Annual productivity bulletin has revealed multifactor productivity growth has been almost non-existent in recent times. The bulletin said a creeping inefficiency and failure to push the boundaries of innovation has contributed to Australia's poor ...

AI's big moment? Not this year, says Fidelity

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
... half (47%) of North American analysts said company management was more confident about investing in the year ahead - three times the proportion recorded a year ago.

Super fund investment in US to skyrocket

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
... outside of Australia." The report found that international investments from Australian super funds has already increased 2.6 times since 2014. "Based on existing trends, this report forecasts that Australian pension funds will have over US$2.6 trillion ...