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Super fund invests through RateSetter

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
A superannuation fund has invested in renewable energy loans via peer-to-peer lender marketplace RateSetter. Future Super is investing $200,000 through the RateSetter platform to specifically fund renewable energy loans. RateSetter is a peer-to-peer ...

NZ Super Fund invests in hotels

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
The $40 billion New Zealand Super Fund is investing $287 million in the country's hotels, starting with three properties in Auckland and Christchurch. The portfolio was established by Russell Group and Lockwood Property Group. It includes Four Points ...

Super fund to reduce admin costs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
A $12 billion super fund has moved to significantly reduce the cost of its administration in future years. LGIA super has selected global business process specialist Tech Mahindra to take over and operate its back-office administrative platform. The ...

J.P. Morgan loses custody contract

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
A $34 billion public sector fund has appointed a new custodian, ending a 19 year-long relationship with J.P. Morgan. Funds SA has selected Northern Trust as its custodian, after a long tender process. In September last year, Funds SA said it had invited ...

Coolabah buys retail fund manager stake

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
Christopher Joye's Coolabah Capital Investments is taking full ownership of a retail fund management business it developed as a joint venture with Yellow Brick Road. Smarter Money Investments offers fixed income and cash strategies managed by Coolabah. ...

Grattan SG claims slammed by industry bodies

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
Peak superannuation bodies have forcefully rebuked the Grattan Institute's recent claim that middle-income workers would be worse off if the Superannuation Guarantee rose to 12%. Industry Super Australia and the Association of Superannuation Funds of ...

ESG options outperform in the short term: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
Investment options managed according to socially responsible, ethical or sustainability principles tend to outperform in the short-term, new superannuation research shows. Rainmaker's latest Roundup report, which analysed 139 multi-manager, strategic ...

Chief economist update: A case for optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
With a buoyant stock market, tax cuts, lower interest rates and a recovering housing market, one would think all Australians should have every reason to dance on the streets. Australians, all, should be dancing on the streets to Jimmy Cliff's classic ...

MLC faces class action over adviser fees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
IMF Bentham and William Roberts Lawyers will bring a class action against MLC's super fund trustee NULIS Nominees relating to excess fees charged to members for adviser commissions. IMF Bentham and William Roberts will allege NULIS breached its ...

Charter Hall industrial fund scores top Lonsec rating

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
Charter Hall's Direct Industrial Fund No.4 (DIF4) scored Lonsec's top rating. The independent research house rated DIF4 as Highly Recommended, noting its portfolio was 100% occupied by "high-quality tenants" and was well positioned in terms of future  ...