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Industry fund launches new passive options

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
... objective is to achieve a net return exceeding the increase in CPI by at least 3.25% per year over 10 years. To compare, no investment fee is charged on Rest's indexed balanced option. The new Australian Shares (Indexed) option aims to achieve a gross ...

Hamish Douglass remains confident amid COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
Magellan chair and chief investment officer Hamish Douglass believes COVID-19 could lead to near total economic shutdown, but says his global equities portfolio is well positioned to withstand the current volatile environment. To reduce risk, Douglass ...

CalPERS investment lead targeted by Congressman

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... The federal Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) lists companies in which investment is prohibited. CalPERS has no investment in any of these companies." She added that the fund's investments in Chinese public equity had actually decreased in recent ...

British MPs prod own pension fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
UK members of parliament have backed a call to offload any fossil fuel investments held in the Parliamentary Contributory Pension Fund. More than 240 serving and former MPs have signed the 'Divest Parliament' pledge, calling on the fund's trustees to ...

Government amends key super reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
... amendment with Robert saying portfolio holdings disclosure applies to all choice products, even where there is a no investment option. "I would like to make it clear that there was no carve-out for platform products in the original Bill, however this ...

Aussie retirement confidence dropping

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUN 2018
Qantas Super's latest research highlights pessimism in middle aged Australians preparing to retire. Qantas Super's most recent retirement index shows Australian adults aged 40-59 are now the most pessimistic demographic when it comes to retirement. ...

Pinnacle flags partnerships and LICs in growth plan

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
Pinnacle outlined its medium-term growth plan at a Wilsons Advisory conference today, flagging partnerships with new boutiques and launching new listed vehicles. Pinnacle chair Alan Watson and managing director Ian Macoun explained the business has ...

ASIC cancels AFSL, bans responsible managers

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
... be achieved by enrolling in The Sharemarket College training courses. An ASIC investigation established there was no investment portfolio and that the claims were false and misleading. The investigation also found that The Sharemarket College had made ...

ING DIRECT pays up for "no fees" super marketing

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2016
... promoted Living Super, between March 2015 and September 2016, as having 'No Fees' for the 'Cash Investment Option', 'No Investment and Administration fees' for the 'Balanced Option' and having low-fee options without making it clear that customers were ...

World's largest sovereign wealth fund divests coal

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2015
... director of finance Tom Sanzillo saying that "Coal markets globally are in the midst of a wrenching structural decline. No investment fund in the world-be it university, pension or institutional-can make a compelling financial case to hold these equities ...