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We are closer to a pause: Lowe

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAR 2023
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) delivered its tenth consecutive rate hike, raising the cash rate by 25bps to 3.60%, however RBA governor Philip Lowe signaled a break could be in sight. "We are closer to a pause," Lowe said today while speaking at ...

NGS Super taps Robeco for major equities mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2023
The new low-carbon, enhanced indexing mandate will see Robeco responsible for more than 20% of the super fund's international equities investments. NGS Super chief investment officer Ben Squires confirmed to FS Sustainability the mandate is for ...

Put controls in place for super funds: Associations

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
Superannuation funds could soon break free from the shackles of intra-fund advice but financial advisers aren't happy about it. The Quality of Advice Review proposal (QAR) sitting before Treasury would give super funds the green light to provide ...

Prime Super's general manager of investments departs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2023
Prime Super general manager of investments Jane Kang has left the profit-to-member fund. Kang had been with the fund for seven years, starting as its investment operations manager. She exited earlier this week. Speaking with Financial Standard, Prime ...

Cold calling advice firms called out

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2023
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) is calling on the government to extend anti-hawking laws to combat financial advice firms using third parties to solicit business through cold calling. Unsolicited calls to consumers about superannuation ...

Managed accounts growth to continue: State Street

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2023
With more than half of Australia's financial advisers now using managed accounts, State Street ETF model portfolio strategist Sinead Schaffer says their popularity is only going to continue to rise. Speaking with Financial Standard, Schaffer said ...

Paraplanners happy to stay put: Survey

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JAN 2023
According to the Paraplanner Hub and Tanngo's Australian Paraplanner Survey 2022, less and less paraplanners (80%) are wanting to become financial advisers. Paraplanners don't want to move into advising because they don't want to be in client ...

We're doing a huge amount: Aware Super

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2023
Aware Super chief executive Deanne Stewart says the fund is making a significant investment in its financial advice capabilities, regardless of what comes out of the Quality of Advice Review. Speaking to Financial Standard, Stewart pointed out that ...

Strengths and weaknesses in DC systems: Comparison

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2023
The differences between the US and Australian defined contribution workplace superannuation system has been explored at an academic forum in New York. At the Global Committee of the Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Association (DCIIA) forum ...

GQG reports strong inflows

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2023
GQG Partners has reported strong net inflows in 2022; the asset manager expects to be a top-ranking active equity manager in Australia. GQG experienced net inflows of US$0.9 billion for the quarter and net inflows of US$8 billion for the full year ended ...