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Top super funds for ESG revealed

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2022
New analysis by Rainmaker Information has identified 32 superannuation funds as leaders on ESG principles and strong investment performance. These 32 funds have received Rainmaker's inaugural ESG Leader Rating. In all, Rainmaker Information has ...

Retirement Income Covenant a win for advisers - but for how long?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2022
... opt to partner with product providers. "If I've been with Cbus for 20 years up until I retire, why would I not just switch into their retirement product? Why overcomplicate it with all that other stuff? Their fees, albeit higher than other industry ...

ASIC urges market to improve outage resilience

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUN 2022
ASIC is calling on market operators and participants to continue implementing and improving the resilience of the Australian equity market during outages. ASIC released the findings of its review into the ASX outage in November 2020 and other incidents ...

Colonial reveals Australia's huge untapped workforce

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022
... Australia has a huge untapped workforce of older Australians who would delay retirement for up to 10 years if they were able to switch careers. Upon investigation, Colonial found a strong desire for personal fulfillment in both work and retirement. Accordingly ...

Top Aussie equities funds revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2022
... 19.6% and Panther Trust Australian Shares Investment with 18.8%. However, over one year the PM Capital and Panther products switch rankings. Plato and Vanguard secured first place over three years for income focused funds, both returning 11.8%. Meanwhile ...

GuildSuper overhauls MyMix option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2022
After receiving member feedback that its MyMix investment menu needed to be simplified, GuildSuper has done just that - closing five of its investment options and updating fees. From June 14, GuildSuper will permanently close the high growth, conservative ...

AvSuper, Commonwealth Super Corporation explore merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2022
Six months on from commencing its Expressions of Interest (EOI) process, AvSuper has confirmed it will look to merge with Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation. The two funds have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to now conduct due diligence to ...

'We're living in the world China is making': Conference

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2022
... in the Solomon Islands pact is an ignition of a shift in global power. "In 2019, the Solomon Islands made a decision to switch diplomatic allegiance from recognising Taiwan to recognising mainland China," Grant supposed. Likewise, China has established ...

ASIC pushes super governance improvements

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2022
More than 20 super fund trustees have revised their internal policies after ASIC surveillance found significant deficiencies in their conflicts management arrangements relating to investment switching. ASIC's surveillance found a lack of oversight ...

Clients place more value on human advice: Vanguard

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2022
A recent survey of US investors found the perceived value-add to annual performance was 5% when advice was provided by a human compared to 3% for digital-only. Surveying more than 1500 US investors who used a human adviser, digital service or both ...