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Super fund chief to retire

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
... November 2007. MIESF chair Chris White described McRobert as the driving force behind the fund's competitive "investment performance, very low costs and personalised service to members" despite challenges facing smaller super funds. "The fact that MIESF ...

BNP Paribas AM names Asian equities lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
... and RCM, which is part of Allianz Global Investors. Davies said: "The generation of strong, sustainable investment performance is our priority and these three new hires in our Asian equities team will complement the recognised investment talent of our ...

MySuper reforms could have downsides

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2020
... White said. "I have worked with countless boutique fund managers in Australia seeking to sharpen their investment performance by augmenting the skill-set of their team, refocussing individual team members to sharper delivery and reshaping team line-ups ...

MySuper funds face new test, member bans

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... until they improve their performance. The prudential regulator will conduct benchmarking tests on the net investment performance of MySuper products. The products that have underperformed over two consecutive annual tests prohibited from receiving new ...

AMP Capital Ethical Leaders loses another mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... executive Andrew Proebstl said the fund's decision to terminate the agreement was due to concerns about investment performance and because of recent reports about cultural issues at AMP Capital. In July, AMP took the AMP Capital Ethical Leaders Balanced ...

Super fund overhauls performance on red rating

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... last year, four of Mine Super's default lifecycle products were criticised for their unsatisfactory investment performance and relatively high fees based on APRA's heatmap metrics. Maritime Super, LUCRF Super, and several BT Funds Management ...

HESTA adds to leadership team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... ensure the fund's growth is strong and sustainable. "HESTA has a long, impressive history of strong investment performance and innovation and we have ambitious plans to continue to build on this success as a leading global investor," Blakey said. ...

Super fund boss remuneration on the agenda

KARREN VERGARA, ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... for remuneration to be reviewed and consequently reduced on the back of the COVID-19 pandemic and weaker investment performance. Elia did not outright agree or disagree with this reasoning, but mentioned that Hostplus's remuneration committee will ...

Increased SG equals increased fees: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... of investment income." Additionally, Murray found that even if super funds were to vastly improve their investment performance, it will still not make up the losses members will cop in fees. "Even if funds improve their performance and fees fall by half ...

NZ Super Fund posts positive result

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
... MySuper products delivered an average return of -0.9% last financial year according to the Rainmaker MySuper investment performance index. In addition, $161 billion Future Fund posted the same return over the same period. NZ Super chief executive Matt ...