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AustralianSuper net-zero promise flawed: MarketForces

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
AustralianSuper's promise to go net-zero in carbon emissions by 2050 fails to "match, let alone improve on" what its peer funds are doing, says MarketForces. Last Thursday, AustralianSuper said it would target net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 to ...

AustralianSuper executive joins boutique

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
A long-serving AustralianSuper executive has exited after 12 years with the super fund, joining a boutique real estate investment firm. Daniel Berger joins Delancey, a London-based real estate investment and advisory firm, as property and funds director. ...

Former HESTA chair joins Assemble

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
Build-to-rent developer Assemble announced a newly formed board with a former HESTA chair appointed as independent chair. Two AustralianSuper executives have also joined the board. Angela Emslie will take on the role with the new-look board also comprising ...

World largest asset owners increase ESG, AUM

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
The largest asset owners in the world have increased both their monetary and social reach with active ownership becoming a key investment strategy, according to new research. The Thinking Ahead Institute's Asset Owner 100 (AO100) report shows the largest ...

Fintech to take on super with new hire

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... The hire comes as Stake takes the next step towards taking on the super industry. It said the move will enable more Australians to have direct access to their super and the ability to invest it, on their own terms. "Australia's superannuation space is ...

Hume scrutinises super fund spend

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... information directly from the ATO so superannuation will continue to be paid into employees' existing fund. "While many Australians have benefitted greatly from the system and been provided a higher standard of living in retirement, widespread underperformance ...

Australians drain $35bn from super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
Around $35 billion has been removed from Australians retirement savings as the governments' early release of super (ERS) scheme edges towards its close. Having opened in April this year in response to the immediate effects of the COVID-19 lockdown ...

Advice firms need technology to survive: FPA

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... implementation of technology will allow advisers to provide better services in conjunction with giving more flexibility to Australians and how they consume advice. FPA chief executive Dante De Gori said the FPA is encouraging the government to work with ...

Link hires from QSuper, NAB

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
QSuper's head of group strategy has joined Link Group as a general manager, as the administrator also adds a portfolio manager for super and retirement solutions. Link Group has confirmed the appointment of Ross McCormack as general manager for ...

FPA announces new specialist designation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
... it is committed to providing its members, and wider profession, with the skills and resources to meet the needs of Australians moving into the later stages of their retirement. FPA chief executive Dante De Gori said aged care advice is a specialist area ...