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Report reveals superficiality of ESG pledges

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... proposals between 2017 and 2019. Those super funds were AustralianSuper, Cbus, BT, Russell Investments, First State Super, UniSuper and AMP. The Investor Group on Climate Change is a group of 74 institutional investors and other parties concerned about ...

Renewed scrutiny for ME Bank

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... balances returned to what they were if they ask. ME Bank is owned by 26 industry superannuation funds including Media Super, UniSuper, AustralianSuper and Hostplus.

UniSuper stares down job crisis

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... as continuing to minimise other expenditure to adjust to where we need to be." This upheaval in the sector has forced UniSuper to develop a response. "We're working closely with our university partners as they review their workforce planning strategies ...

ME Bank pays industry funds no dividends

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... ever paid dividends to the 26 industry superannuation funds that own the bank (including AustralianSuper, Hostplus and UniSuper). "If you've got a sole purpose test that money is supposed to be invested on behalf of members to make a profit and huge ...

Early release of super numbers revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... 84,613 claims under the ERS scheme. The fund has paid out a total of $603 million so far, with an average claim of $7134. UniSuper has received 7250 requests and paid out approximately $55 million. Rest said since April 25 it had completed 59,561 payments ...

Advice chief leaves industry fund giant

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... The financial advice chief of a major industry superannuation fund has departed, as the fund's leadership shuffles. UniSuper chief of financial advice John (Jack) McCartney left the $86 billion industry fund late last month, after more than six years ...

Best MySuper products revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... its MySuper strategy. Hostplus has a slightly lower risk MySuper product, rating medium to high on the SRM. In third, UniSuper with $17 billion in MySuper and returning 18.2% over one year and 10% per annum over three. UniSuper also has a high SRM. In ...

LGIAsuper revises down unlisted assets

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... fund has revised down the value of its property and infrastructure in response to COVID-19, joining AustralianSuper, UniSuper and Hostplus. LGIAsuper reduced the valuation of its property portfolio by 5% and infrastructure portfolio by 3%. The changes ...

Super funds probed on liquidity, rental assistance measures

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2020
... superannuation fund's portfolio. It has a special focus on revaluation of unlisted assets, where some funds like Hostplus, UniSuper and AustralianSuper have made their marking down of their values public. All superannuation fund will now have to answer ...

Asset devaluation continues

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
... ensure that all asset values reflect "fair value" across all account balances. The news comes after AustralianSuper and UniSuper both devalued their unlisted assets last week. It's been a tough time for super funds, who have also had hundreds of ...