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AustralianSuper awards $500m mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
A Melbourne boutique has won a $500 million mandate from AustralianSuper, the super fund confirmed. Jamieson Coote Bonds was appointed to manage a fixed income mandate for the super fund at the end of June, Rainmaker research shows. JCB's mandate ...

Productivity Commission counters group insurance research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... commissioned within four years to evaluate initiatives and consider necessary policy intervention. Of the 12 million Australians insured for life, TPD and income protection via their superannuation, the Commission estimates 17% of these members have ...

Super funds react to market sell off

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
AustralianSuper and Equip Super are among the superannuation funds reassuring members as the S&P/ASX 200 slid close to its lowest in a year last Thursday. On October 25, The S&P/ASX 200 closed more than 6% lower than at the start of the year, on the ...

Tobacco-free portfolios divide investors: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
As more superannuation funds and investment managers divest tobacco from portfolios and encourage others to follow suit, a Financial Standard poll shows the initiative has a mixed effect on investors. The survey, which asked what best described the ...

Idle technology leaves super fund members behind

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... red tape and pass through the legal barriers. Holloway said a "perform storm" has contributed to disengaging young Australians from their wealth and superannuation system. Zuper's aim is to solve the disconnect from a "humanistic" point of view by ...

The rise of challenger banks in Australia: SIBOS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
... everyone trusts their bank. They trust banks to make payment when they said they're going to make a payment. But do Australians trust banks to do the right thing by them. No, they don't? The Royal Commission has certainly demonstrated that," ...

Life insurer early intervention reforms dumped

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
... backing have been rejected. It means the current rules prevent life insurers from providing payments for treatment to Australians at risk of long-term incapacity where they are not covered by private health insurance, the FSC said in a statement. "The ...

Unpaid super penalties too light: ISA

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
... three employees. Its analysis of ATO data suggests the scourge of unpaid super is deteriorating with 2.98 million Australians being short-changed $5.9 billion in super entitlements in 2015-16, up 220,000 employees and $300 million compared to two years ...

Magellan boosts retail push for Airlie

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 OCT 2018
Magellan is close to listing an Australian equities strategy from its recent acquisition of Airlie Funds Management as part of a bid to bring more retail money to the former insto-only strategy. Exchange-traded units of the Airlie Australian Share Fund ...

Young Aussies set lofty retirement goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
... retire comfortably at 50 with $5 million in their nest egg, a new survey shows. Trading platform Stake surveyed 506 Australians and those aged between 18 and 34 said investing in US stocks will help make their goals a reality. Two-in-three millennial ...