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Brace for 5% returns from global stocks

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... expecting total returns of 3.6% p.a. from natural resources (down by 1.5% on outlook of slow growth and environmental impact scrutiny), 6.3% p.a. from global real estate (down by 2% on permanent impairment of property types like retail and office) and ...

Super funds to face parliamentary grilling

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
Some of the country's biggest super funds are set to face parliamentary scrutiny tomorrow as part of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics ongoing review. Hostplus, AMP and Cbus are three of the big names set to front the committee ...

Vanguard fund drops "cash plus" name

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... against a backdrop of ASIC's sharpened focus on marketing of managed funds. ASIC's action stemmed from APRA's scrutiny of "cash plus" options in superannuation funds in a June, 2018 review. APRA at the time clarified asset-backed and mortgage-backed ...

AMP, CBA, Westpac face potential class action

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... categorised as a managed investment scheme," Frydenberg said. "As a result, litigation funders do not face the same regulatory scrutiny and accountability as other financial services and products under the Corporations Act."

New platform launches for super funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... current environment opportunistically to grandstand on super," he said. "Funds were recently told by Senator Jane Hume that scrutiny and pressure to rationalise and evolve will be ongoing." Parametric has launched the Equity Agility Platform in response ...

Chief executives cop pay cuts

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... looked like in the year prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is encouraging to see that, after many years of engagement and scrutiny from investors, boards have applied a greater level of restraint assessing executive remuneration." "More boards are using ...

Sovereign fund withdraws bid for Newcastle United

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2020
... difficult period of global uncertainty and significant challenges for the fans and the club." The deal previously came under scrutiny by Amnesty International alleging Saudi Arabia's PIF, backed by crown price Mohammed bin Salman, was "sportswashing" ...

AMP advisers low priority for ASIC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2020
... to be a priority for them," O'Neil said. "Considering this decision, I now call on this committee to ensure for proper scrutiny of these matters for these hundreds of small businesses." O'Neil said that the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise ...

AustralianSuper PYS fee under scrutiny again

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2020
ASIC has been questioned over whether it should have intervened when AustralianSuper introduced a new fee named after the Protecting Your Super legislation. In January AustralianSuper increased its admin fee, saying that from April 1 members would start ...

ME Bank chief resigns

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020
ME Bank chief executive Jamie McPhee has resigned after weathering scrutiny over the bank's adjusting of redraw facilities for mortgage customers and its relationship with the industry funds that own it. McPhee, who has been chief executive for ...