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Australian Ethical, Christian Super explore merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2022
... to be completed next month. If it goes ahead, the merger would see Australian Ethical managing $9 billion across superannuation, managed funds and ETFs. According to Rainmaker data, about $4.5 billion of this is the retirement savings of its 66,000 members. ...

Tax, welfare reform on election agenda

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2022
... Ben Phillips said. "Under our proposed changes the highest income earners would still retire with very healthy superannuation savings and continue to benefit strongly from their other investments. But up to a million people would get their heads above ...

FSC offers guidance on divesting Russia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2022
... Council (FSC) has released guidance to assist super funds and fund managers in divesting Russian assets. Despite superannuation funds only having a small exposure to Russian investments in the context of the $3.5 trillion superannuation system, the FSC ...

ART hires from Cbus

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2022
... to that, she spent almost a decade in various environmental risk roles with GE Capital. "As a profit-for-members superannuation fund, we believe integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into our investment philosophy is consistent ...

Frontier bolsters consultant team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2022
... Williams has been appointed principal consultant, working in a senior client facing role and covering insurance and superannuation amongst other sectors. Williams spent close to 25 years at Mercer, including a period as head of retail consulting. Prior ...

NGS closes socially responsible option

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2022
The $14 billion industry fund, NGS Super, has made some changes to investment options - including closing its socially responsible option - and altered fees. NGS is closing its Socially Responsible Diversified option to new members from 20 April 2022. ...

Colonial First State settles super class action for $56.3m

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2022
... (Victoria), against Colonial First State Investments Limited, the trustee of the Colonial First State FirstChoice Superannuation Trust. The lead applicant bringing the claim, Lesley Coatman, was a street sweeper driver who retired with less than $35,000 ...

EQT wins AFL Players' Association mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2022
Equity Trustees will now manage the $150 million AFL Players' Association Retirement Account. Following a competitive tender process, AFLPA has appointed EQT to manage the fund, having already provided administrative services since 2011. The mandate ...

LGIAsuper expands leadership as acquisition completes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2022
LGIAsuper has finalised its acquisition of Suncorp's superannuation business, adding to its executive team in the process. The acquisition of Suncorp Portfolio Services Limited, which is the first of its kind in the Australian superannuation market ...

Nucleus Wealth launches direct indexing option

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2022
... investment and wealth manager Nucleus Wealth. Available to investors in a broad range of structures, including superannuation, the service involves the investor owning the individual shares that make up an index in a separately managed account. Because ...