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Investors unfazed by market volatility: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... countries. This should feed through to continued corporate earnings, cash flow and dividend growth." For self-managed super funds, the recent share market volatility is a stark reminder to diversify across a range of asset classes. This is according ...

Qualitas seizes non-bank financing opportunities

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
... Qualitas Real Estate Income Fund (ASX: QRI) yesterday, Schwartz hopes to give retail investors such as self-managed super funds direct exposure to commercial real estate finance and help fill the gap. QRI is being launched at a time when the demand for ...

SMSFs most affordable: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
Self-managed super funds continue to have the lowest fees across all superannuation vehicles, charging an average total expense ratio of 0.82%, latest Rainmaker Research shows. The 2018 Rainmaker Fee Study, which analysed more than 2500 fee options ...

BTFG expands tobacco divestment

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 18 OCT 2018
... industry that's a leading cause of death and disease globally," Blakey said. HESTA added more than half of Australia's super funds (by funds under management) still invest in tobacco, noting it was among the first Australian funds to implement a portfolio-wide ...

Former AustralianSuper risk boss joins AMP super boards

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018
... AMP Superannuation Limited chairman Rick Allert said Brain and Doyle's experience would ensure the wealth manager's super funds were governed in the best interests of members. Separately, AMP this week lost a mandate to manage the Anglican National Super ...

Super funds excel in reporting obligation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018
... "self-correction" model of compliance. He went on to say the ATO is confident there's strong, quantitative evidence that super funds' member reporting obligations are being met to a high standard even in an environment of change. As a "high priority," ...

Lost super sits at $17.5bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
... lost super - which is spread across more than 6.2 million accounts. Whyte said people often lose contact with their super funds when they change jobs, move house or simply forget to update their details. "We know that more than a third of Australians ...

Superannuation ripe for blockchain

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 15 OCT 2018
... is adamant the technology needs to mature before the fruits of its potential are truly realised. So far, Australian super funds haven't partnered with Bravura to take the plunge on the fledgling technology. This is an abstract of a story first published ...

The top-performing ETFs in September are...

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... month. The VanEck Vectors MSCI Multifactor Emerging Markets Equity ETF (EMKT) returned about -3%. Read more about how super funds are using ETFs in their portfolios and what's the latest in the fixed income space in ETFs in our print edition, out ...

Cbus invests in UK infrastructure

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
The $47 billion industry fund has taken a direct stake in a UK ports company in which First State Super also holds a share. The investment in Forth Ports is Cbus' first direct offshore investment in infrastructure. It takes Cbus' infrastructure ...