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Super funds losing billions to fossil fuels

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
... cites global reports about asset managers recently divesting from coal, including the California State Teachers Retirement Fund and Allianz. The activist group has also overhauled its Super Switch website which profiles more than 40 superannuation funds ...

AMP Capital appoints multi-asset portfolio manager

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
AMP Capital has appointed a new portfolio manager to its multi-asset group. Darren Beesley joins the asset manager from IAG Asset Management where he was portfolio manager for the asset allocation team. Prior to that, he was with Perpetual as portfolio ...

Industry fund reappoints NAS as custodian

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
... custody relationship for five years. NAS will provide custodial and investment administrative services to the Guild Retirement Fund which provides superannuation to industries including pharmacy, child care, veterinary and physiotherapy professionals. ...

Colonial First State appoints independent super director

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2015
... advisor to UBS from 2009 to 2013. She is also a trustee director for The Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund and chair of the investment committee; a non-executive director of the Australian Chamber Orchestra and Kaldor Public Art ...

Australian Catholic Super launches retirement income product

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2015
Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund has launched RetireSmart, a new account-based pension product. RetireSmart is an automated retirement income solution based on the "bucket" strategy used by financial planners. Australian Catholic ...

Statewide appoints new chief executive

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2015
After a search that spanned both Australia and the world, Statewide Super has appointed a National Australia Bank (NAB) general manager as its new chief executive. NAB general manager strategic development Asia, Richard Nunn, will leave the bank in ...

Retail funds recommending advice fee rates

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015
While retail super funds post-FOFA have unbundled their embedded advice commissions, half still recommend an average 0.55% in ongoing advice service fees, the annual super fee survey from Rainmaker reveals. As a result of the compulsory adoption of ...

Super fees almost halved in five years

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
Super fund fees have fallen 40% in the last five years owing to regulatory shifts and technological innovation, but the fall has not unduly impacted providers' bottom lines, according to the latest comprehensive survey of the sector by Rainmaker. The ...

UK moves away from annuities: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
Pension freedoms in the United Kingdom have created a "seismic movement" away from annuities according to UK-based financial researcher Defaqto. In its most recent white paper aimed at financial advisers working with retirement plans, Defaqto said that ...

Pension and retirement strategies a global problem

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
Governments globally will be the "underwriters of last resort" for pension and retirement gaps unless a defined long-term vision and strategy is developed. This is one of several key themes arising from global research released by EY today. About one-third ...