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Australian Retirement Trust applies new investment exclusion

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024
... revenue (estimated or reported) in the most recent year of financial reporting," the fund said. ART said the screening does not apply to pooled vehicles or derivatives, which may have indirect exposure to companies involved in the mining of thermal coal. ...

Chief member officer leaves Insignia Financial

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024
Insignia Financial is on the hunt for a new chief member officer for its superannuation business, confirming the departure of Anne Coyne. Coyne was first appointed to the role in January 2023, following close to two years in governance and disclosure ...

Poor investment governance costly for asset owners, members: KPMG, Frontier

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024
... ESG. Moreover, 33% of those surveyed feel there is too much focus on the short-term - and the long-term maximum benefit may not be the sum of a series of short-term time periods. Interestingly the top challenges nominated by asset owners were establishing ...

AustralianSuper announces insurance changes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024
... and Australian Super Select plans with age-based basic cover will be affected by the changes. The changes include, but are not limited to, applications to: start basic (default) cover early (before their super account balance reaches $6000) transfer ...

Treasury shakes up foreign investing framework

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024
... undergo shortened consultation timeframes, while repeat investors will endure less paperwork if ownership information has not changed since their previous foreign investment application. Treasury aims to process 50% of cases within the initial statutory ...

Qantas Super boosts ag assets by $200m

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024
... capabilities and partnership approach with GO.FARM's expertise and prudent capital allocation, you have a platform that will not only optimise returns but deliver generational impacts for agricultural and regional communities."

Crescent Wealth to merge into Russell Investments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2024
... total member assets of $419 million and just under 12,000 members, the fund was operating from a relatively small base and had not achieved a desired size. "With this in mind, we believe that the fund is sub-scale...," Equity Trustees said. Interestingly ...

Brighter Super to close socially responsible options

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2024
... Responsible and Socially Responsible Australian Shares options has been declining and the performance of these options has not met expectations, the fund said, adding it is in members' best interests that the options be closed. In the 12 months to ...

Aussies underestimate life insurance's importance: Investment Trends

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2024
There is a gap in perception among Australians of life insurance as a crucial component of financial stability, according to an Investment Trends Consumer Insurance Needs report. The report said out of the 20 million adult Australians, 6.7 million have ...

The risks and opportunities in advice: SIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2024
... Part of the broader reforms propose creating a new class of financial advisers called "Qualified Advisers" (QAs) who will not be financially incentivised. Many believe that super funds will have a leg up over life insurers and banks once financial advice ...