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Super fund slashes fee

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
... April 2020, with the change set to reduce fees from $7.50 per week to $4.50 per week. The news comes at a time when other major funds are increasing fees and Hostplus said its move will likely increase pressure on other parts of the super industry. Hostplus ...

Chief economist update: A crisis of supply, demand and confidence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
... applies to toilet paper as well). But I digress, the fear factor wrought by the corona virus - cancellation of festivities and major events, closures of schools, offices and even entire towns, travel bans and shutdowns of tourist attractions, etc. - ...

Women rule ESG, but gap remains

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
... sustainable society - we need different perspectives, backgrounds and knowledge to bring to the table beyond a narrow finance major university background." Williams echoes this sentiment. "If we are all the same, we run the risk of being stuck in an ...

Climate activism not translating to investing

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
... by CHOICE found that completely extracting investments from fossil fuels is made difficult by the fact that many of the major players are old fossil fuel companies. CHOICE said while the renewable energy sector in Australia is growing, few companies ...

Northern Trust climbs custody league tables

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... client segments include superannuation funds, fund managers, insurance companies, wealth platforms, government entities plus major charities and endowments," Brown said. "Accordingly, the statistics represent net flows and market valuation movements ...

Queensland funds inch closer to merger

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
Major Queensland superannuation funds QSuper and Sunsuper are a step closer to a merger, signing a Memorandum of Understanding to undertake exclusive due diligence to explore a merger. The agreement comes around four months after the two super funds ...

Mid and small-caps outperform in 2019

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
S&P Dow Jones Indices has released its annual SPIVA Australia Scorecard; a report measuring the performance of active funds against their respective benchmark indices - and mid and small-caps have come out on top. Surveying returns from 829 Australian ...

TAL loses super fund mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
TAL has lost a group insurance mandate following a comprehensive review by the super fund's trustee. Members of Freedom of Choice, an offering under the AMG Super umbrella, have been notified that TAL will no longer provide their group insurance ...

Cbus overhauls insurance offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
... 2017, premiums for most members were substantially reduced," Cbus said. The fund also said the cost of implementing two major legislative changes - Protecting Your Super and Putting Members Interests First - and an increase in disability claim volumes ...

WTW boosts Australian leadership team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
Willis Tower Watson has announced two major leadership appointments in its Australian team. Nick Barrett has been named as the new head of Investment strategy, effective immediately. Barrett will be responsible for delivering asset allocation advice ...