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Super fund satisfaction still poor: Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2023
While super funds' returns might have recovered, member satisfaction certainly hasn't. In fact, a new report shows it's fallen even further. The latest CSBA FEAL Superannuation CX Benchmarking report found 25% of members who had recently engaged with ...

HESTA generates 9.59% investment return

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2023
HESTA has delivered a 9.59% return for its balanced growth investment option. The balanced growth investment option, which most of the industry fund's one million members are invested in, was buoyed by strong equity market performance, bolstered by ...

Frontier calls for better unlisted asset valuations

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2023
Frontier Advisors is collaborating with Australian asset owners to hold fund managers to account regarding the accurate valuation of unlisted assets. The consulting firm was spurned to action amid robust growth in the superannuation sector, with an ...

AustralianSuper posts solid return for FY23

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2023
AustralianSuper has posted an 8.22% return for its balanced investment option. Of note, the Rainmaker MySuper performance index benchmark is likely to yield a return around 9%. AustralianSuper chief investment officer Mark Delaney said that the fund ...

Life, funeral insurers cop $14m fine

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2023
The disgraced director of Select AFSL, the company the Hayne Royal Commission exposed for hawking life and funeral insurance to vulnerable customers, has been banned from managing a company for five years, while his companies were fined $13.5 million. ...

Global X launches commodities ETF

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2023
Global X launched its first broad-based commodity ETF down under, the Bloomberg Commodity ETF (BCOM). BCOM tracks the Bloomberg Commodity Index 3-Month Forward Excess Return, offering investors access to both soft and hard commodities such as grains ...

RBA pause short but sweet: Mousina

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2023
The Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision to hold the cash rate at 4.1% is a relief, but likely only a temporary one. AMP Australia deputy chief economist Diana Mousina told Financial Standard the RBA decided to hold and observe the impacts ...

Allegro unveils PwC entity as Scyne Advisory

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2023
Embattled PwC's Australian public sector advisory business will remerge as Scyne Advisory following its takeover from private equity firm Allegro Funds. Allegro funds confirmed the new business, which it acquired for $1, will be fully independent ...

Cadence secures $55m for new fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2023
Cadence Property Group (Cadence) has completed the capital raise for its first multi-asset value-add fund, the Cadence Australian Real Estate Partnership I (CAREP), as well as making its first acquisition. The $13.9 million purchase of an industrial ...

Bentham opens fund to retail investors

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2023
The Bentham Global Opportunities Fund is now available to retail investors for a minimum of $10,000. Launched over six years ago, the fund invests in a multi-sector global portfolio of credit securities, including global high-yield bonds, global syndicated ...