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Fidante revamps brand, online offering

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022
Fidante has a fresh look, unveiling a new brand, online offering and registry service. The new look includes a revamped logo in the colour green to reflect growth and prosperity. Meanwhile, the new website is cleaner, with a more personalised and user-friendly ...

Abrdn launches active sustainable Asian ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2022
... House Score to complement our bottom-up research, and targeting a carbon footprint that is at least 20% lower than the benchmark. "Asia represents the most economically dynamic collection of markets anywhere in the world and is well positioned to benefit ...

Choice performance test pause in members' best interests: Chant West

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2022
Chant West has welcomed the proposed pause in the Your Future Your Super (YFYS) performance test, saying it's in the best interest of super fund members. Chant West general manager Ian Fryer explained there's been several unintended consequences of ...

Super fund satisfaction takes hit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2022
A survey of superannuation fund members found overall satisfaction has declined and more are considering changing funds. The latest CSBA FEAL Superannuation CX benchmarking report surveyed close to 5500 members from 20 super funds and found that customer ...

Retail the next frontier for private markets: Preqin

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2022
... as an attractive option, which helps mitigate the risk that the overall portfolio performance will fall foul of the benchmark," Preqin stated.

First Super: Merger pressure fizzles out

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2022
... all seems a little less crude now, according to Watson, who has demonstrated that being below APRA's $30 billion benchmark does not necessarily mean funds will achieve lower returns than larger funds. "We've seen with fund mergers there's ...

Future Generation expands Plato mandate

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2022
... fund which accounts for 2% of the Future Generation Global portfolio. Since inception, the fund has outperformed its benchmark (the MSCI World Net Returns Unhedged Index) by 10.19% gross of fees. This outperformance was against a backdrop of buoyant ...

APRA unmasks fund outsourcing impacts

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2022
... members, others used related-party service providers. APRA observed that instead of undertaking a tender, trustees often benchmark costs and services against an expert's view of the market, using either an external consultant or an internal team. "Done ...

BUSSQ sees strength in niche super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2022
The choice to replace BUSSQ chair Paula Masters with a builder with years of hands-on industry experience makes sense. Chris Taylor hails from a very different background from the chairs of other super funds. It is an unusual appointment, alright. He ...

Federal Reserve bumps interest rate by 0.75%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2022
The Federal Reserve has raised benchmark interest rates by another 0.75% and warned of further significant hikes to come. The Fed's funds rate is now in the range of 3%-3.25%, which is the highest it's been since before the Global Financial Crisis. ...