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YFYS will impact advisers too

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2021
... That's unfortunate because we're now telling members that it is... The fact is that we are judging the performance of super funds based on past performance, based on benchmarks that they may or may not have been managing against." Therefore ...

BT appoints chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021
... administration. He will commence in the role in October. A key responsibility for Rady will be ensuring the continued performance of the business while Westpac continues with its strategic review of specialist businesses. Westpac Group chief executive ...

MUFG, First Sentier hire sustainable investment lead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2021
... these problems." MUFG and First Sentier clarified that the institute will look at how ESG developments affect the performance of companies, sectors and economies and their influence on investor capital allocation. The institute was launched in May 2021 ...

NZ Super Fund delivers 30%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2021
... Fidelity Life, and farmland and small-medium size growth companies. Whineray acknowledged the fact that strong performance of global listed equity markets over the year helped boost returns. "With markets continuing to perform strongly and economies ...

PNG regulator denies Westpac Pacific sale

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2021
... million of earn-out payments which would have occurred annually over two years following completion and based on the performance of Westpac Fiji. Kina also said it is assessing the implications of the ICCC's decision not to grant authorisation to the ...

Adviser ETF take-up continues

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2021
... know enough about them. VanEck chief executive and Asia Pacific managing director Arian Neiron said that strong performance of ETFs is the number one reason for advisers' take-up, followed by diversification, reduced volatility and improved risk-adjusted ...

Former Macquarie chief to head ASIC, APRA regulator

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2021
... years. They also have strong organisational experience which will assist in their assessment of the operational performance of both ASIC and APRA," Frydenberg said. "In its first year, the FRAA will assess the effectiveness and capability of ASIC to ...

Why are YFYS test scores a secret?

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
... differently," she said. Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), which has defended the long-term performance of some failing funds, has also questioned why APRA did not provide the transparency necessary to determine why, or by what ...

Results out: 13 funds fail YFYS performance test

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... which have doubled people's investments over the past decade," Fahy said. "The irony is that the financial performance of these products would be in the top quartile in many OECD countries." Good performers failed: Rainmaker Rainmaker Information ...

Maritime Super criticises unfair YFYS test

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
... test] is that past performance is the only indicator of future performance," he argued. Robertson acknowledged performance of the $6 billion fund's MySuper option in previous years hasn't been stellar but said that's exactly why the fund ...