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MLC Life appoints executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
... industry's spike in income protection claims, COVID-19's impact and high unemployment which put MLC Life's business performance being "stagnant" beyond 2021. Commenting on his appointment, Rogers said: "I'm delighted to be joining MLC ...

Praemium sees benefits of scale

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
... digital solutions and integrate WealthCraft, which has recently progressed to the beta trial phase. "The outstanding performance of the business in the December quarter is a testament to the efforts of the Praemium team through a very difficult time," ...

HESTA hires from Frontier

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2021
... management is key to our overall investment strategy that aims to continue delivering competitive, long-term investment performance for our 870,000-plus members," HESTA chief investment officer Sonya Sawtell-Rickson said. "With over 20 years' experience ...

MySuper performance recovers, hits record high

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2021
... (4.6%p.a.), UniSuper (4.4%p.a.) and Cbus (4.2%p.a.) made the top five list of the best performers. Drilling down to the performance of the different investment options, only two asset classes outperformed: international equities and cash. On a median ...

Arowana winds up LIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 JAN 2021
... forth resolutions to wind up CVF. During FY20, the global economic shocks of COVID-19 resulted in "disappointing" performance, together with a hedging strategy that did not pay off as markets unexpectedly rallied, the annual report showed. CVF made a ...

MLC Life Insurance raises $650 million

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2021
... injection just before Christmas, as its majority owner Nippon Life sees the risk of MLC Life's "stagnant" business performance continuing beyond 2021. The raise includes $530 million in ordinary equity, priced at about 86 cents per MLC Life share; and ...

Prioritise underperformance over stapling: AIST

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2021
... to allow the regulator to wind up underperforming funds. AIST also pointed out that all fees should be included in performance comparisons. "The annual performance assessment and the YourSuper comparison tool should include administration fees to provide ...

New year, new chief for Aviva Investors

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2021
... said. "I have been impressed with Mark's determination to strengthen Aviva Investors, deliver excellent investment performance and extend our leadership in responsible investing." Blanc said the Aviva Investors portion of the business has a significant ...

Super underperformance needs to be addressed: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JAN 2021
Despite criticism from superannuation funds over the governments' new super fund performance benchmarks, Rainmaker research shows there is an underperformance challenge that needs to be confronted. The Rainmaker 2020 Superannuation Benchmarking ...

Hostplus axes manager

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 DEC 2020
... switch to does have higher fees. Balanced Equity Management - Australian Shares has a management fee of 0.13%, no performance fee and a total investment fee of 0.13%. The Australian shares option has a management fee of 0.37%, a performance fee of 0.06% ...