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Workers being offered nothing: Keating

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2021
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia annual conference opened with the creator of super, former Prime Minister Paul Keating, alleging the government is swindling workers. Discussing the suggestion that the current government may forgo ...

Challenger on track to performance target

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2021
The investment manager recorded a marginal increase in statutory net profit after tax (NPAT) to $222.8 million, up $2.4 million on the previous corresponding period in its half-year results. On a normalised basis, NPAT dropped by 29% to $136.8 million ...

Aware to focus on unlisteds over equities

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2021
Aware Super chief investment officer Damian Graham says the super fund is focused on building its unlisted infrastructure portfolio before it puts any more of its cash into stocks. Following the COVID crash in the first quarter last year, Graham said ...

APRA releases final ERS figures

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021
APRA has revealed the final figures representing the impact of the government's early release of super scheme which saw 3.5 million Australians dip into their retirement savings. Over the duration of the scheme, $37.3 billion was removed from the superannuation ...

Evergreen launches stress testing tool

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021
Evergreen Consultants has launched a portfolio stress-testing tool within GreenVUE, Evergreen's proprietary portfolio analytics system. GreenVUE will allow financial advisers to visualise their investment portfolio's risk and return characteristics ...

APRA commends super funds on tough year

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
The prudential regulator had mostly positive things to say around Australia's superannuation industry last year as it released its annual review. The APRA 2020 Year in Review highlighted the difficult circumstances faced by those under its watch, with ...

Mercer hires from Australian Unity

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
Mercer has hired the former chief executive of Australian Unity Bank to lead its superannuation services. Tim Barber will step into the head of Mercer Super role, leading the flagship Mercer Super Trust and its related portfolio services business. Mercer ...

Lifecycle products cost members: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
New Rainmaker research has found being a member of a typical lifecycle MySuper product could reduce a person's retirement savings by up to 23% by age 70. The research found that if a member were to stay in a typical lifecycle MySuper product for their ...

Investors unprepared for unexpected events: Study

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
Over 70% of companies are not prepared to detect unexpected events like COVID-19, according to a survey of over 400 global risk and compliance decision makers. The study by Dataminr found that only 29% of firms felt confident they have the technology ...

Diversa, BetaShares relationship probed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021
The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics has questioned Future Super, Verve and Diversa Trustees on their relationship with BetaShares. Despite Future Super experiencing impressive member growth and returns recently, committee chair ...