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Inconsistencies across RIC strategies: Mercer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2022
... assist industry to continue to evolve and strengthen its role of supporting their members in this phase of their superannuation journey". https://www.financialstandard.com.au/news/initial-review-of-ric-strategies-underway-179796206?q=asic,%20ric

UniSuper caps future investment in fossil fuels

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2022
The board of UniSuper has imposed a cap on fossil fuel exposure of 7% and has divested from companies that generate more than 10% of revenue from the extraction and production of thermal coal. UniSuper has issued its fifth annual climate risk report ...

Adviser losses now baked in: Rainmaker

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022
... financial adviser numbers has, counterintuitively, not been caused by the failure of its core markets of retail superannuation and platforms, but that the same forces of disintermediation and divestment away from the advice sector by wealth managers ...

Will listed infrastructure protect portfolios during market downturn?

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022
... volatility, they are valued daily by market participants, whereas the infrastructure assets held by many of the large superannuation funds are unlisted and so are not valued daily," it said. Morningstar referred to its previous commentary that said ...

2022 is the hardest year to retire: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022
... different ways with interest bearing securities and those investors who are retiring this year, most affected. "We know superannuation is a long-term investment proposition, and through investment diversification and strategic asset allocations, investors ...

Crescent Wealth invests in water rights

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022
The Islamic superannuation fund is investing in Australian water rights via Pinnacle's Riparian Capital Partners. The investments are held by Crescent Wealth's socially and environmentally responsible investment options in funds managed by Riparian ...

Local head named for BNP Paribas custody business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022
... State Street, holding several other senior roles including head of client management, head of strategy and head of superannuation. He started out as a fund accountant in 1998. Cheever is charged with building the success of the securities services business ...

APRA to modernise regulatory frameworks

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2022
... is clear, simple and adaptable, to continue to be effective in setting minimum standards for banks, insurers and superannuation funds as technology, business models and community expectations change." He said the end-goal is a digital framework that ...

Cbus appoints head of responsible investment

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2022
... opportunities and risks has never been more important." McKay first joined Cbus in mid-2018 from the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors where she was an engagement and policy consultant. She had previously worked at ACSI between 2002 and ...

Practifi names senior director, go-to-market

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2022
... Practifi has promoted Umesh Banga to senior director, go-to-market amid plans to expand its wealth management and superannuation products and strategy globally. Banga's current duties as director of advice solutions will carry over to the new executive ...