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Super fund offloads harmful holdings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
A $9.2 billion industry superannuation fund has become the latest to divest tobacco, thermal coal and tar sands producers. In addition to their existing controversial weapons exclusion, Vision Super will be culling investments in tobacco, thermal coal ...

Labor franking credit changes fair but not the best: Grattan

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
Grattan Institute has called Labor's plan to end refunds of excess franking credits a "fair way" to improve the Federal Budget but it is still "second-best" as there are better solutions. Grattan's budget policy director Danielle Wood and fellow ...

SelectingSuper honours super industry leaders

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2018
A $37 billion industry superannuation fund reclaimed its position as fund of the year at the annual Rainmaker SelectingSuper Awards in Melbourne this morning. Hostplus was crowned fund of the year. It was one of five awards for the industry fund, including ...

Assistant Treasurer warns super funds to lift engagement game

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
... against the law. A straw poll conducted at the conference found most employees (87%) are in the default superannuation fund of their employer. A staggering number of employers (40%) "don't know" the last time they reviewed their default super fund. ...

More SMSF auditors disqualified

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
... requirements. ASIC found both men separately breached auditor independence requirements in auditing their own funds, the fund of an immediate family member and the fund of a close family member. ASIC Commissioner John Price said self-managed superannuation ...

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 ...

Pension fund awards custody mandate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
... investment management arm to take on $2.48 billion in long-only investments. A further $2.89 billion invested in EACM Advisors' fund of hedge fund strategies to investors, and close the offerings to new investors.

Chief economist update: Surplus here we come

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
... (of $452.7 billion - $6.9 billion less than previously estimated) and higher than estimated dividends from the Future Fund of $5.1 billion (versus $3.8 billion). Australia's deposed prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, must be wishing the report was ...

BNY Mellon subsidiary to shutter

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018
... subsidiaries. BNY Mellon Investment Management has announced its intention to close EACM Advisors, its multi-manager and fund of hedge funds investment manager based in Norwalk, Connecticut. EACM Advisors will no longer operate as a standalone business ...

Global equities fund purges tobacco, fossil fuels

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
... criteria. Vontobel Australia and New Zealand has elected to rid its flagship product, the $298 million Vontobel global equity fund of its holdings in tobacco and carbon-based energy products. This includes coal and consumable fuels, oil and gas refining ...