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Mercer wins sovereign wealth fund mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2022
... reflect the growing maturity of the fund which has grown significantly in the last decade, Tuvalu Trust Fund board and minister of finance Seve Paeniu said. "Mercer's multi-manager approach allows us access to best-in-class managers, as well as a broad ...

FSC analyses super, advice developments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2022
... agenda for super and given a policy update on the Quality of Advice Review. Firstly, following assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones' announcement of a Treasury review of the Your Future, Your Super laws, the FSC expects ...

Treasurer responds to dour inflation, growth

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022
... changes to super funds' disclosure requirements. This move attracted stark criticism from senator Andrew Bragg who said minister for financial services Stephen Jones released draft regulations to hide super fund political donations and their payments ...

Government moves to amend military super benefits tax

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2022
... under the Military Superannuation Benefits and Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits schemes." A joint statement by minister for financial services Stephen Jones and minister for veteran's affairs Matt Keogh said: "While the veteran community has ...

Draft changes to super disclosure rules

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2022
... draft regulations outlining changes to disclosure requirements for superannuation annual members' meeting notices. Minister for financial services Stephen Jones' office said: "To support members in preparation for meetings, super funds are required ...

HESTA hires high profile economist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2022
HESTA has appointed high profile economist Annette Beacher as an investment manager and market strategist. Beacher has spent two decades as a market economist for international investment banks, working in Australia and Singapore. Most recently, she ...

Global fintech Smart expands pension offering to Australia

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2022
... Ventures, Smart's technology aims to transform the ease of saving for retirement and taking retirement income. Victorian Minister for Economic Development Tim Pallas added: "This arrival of Smart shows that Victoria is a productive ground for major global ...

Ministers told to divest shareholdings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2022
Under a new code of conduct introduced by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, federal ministers must divest any direct investments held outside of a public superannuation fund, listed managed funds and some trust arrangements. The code of conduct for ministers ...

Review of YFYS receives mixed response

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2022
... Your Future, Your Super (YFYS) laws and MySuper performance tests has had a mixed reception. Assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones said the government is aware of concerns that YFYS reforms had the potential to perverse ...

Sri Lanka announces bankruptcy

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2022
Sri Lanka's debt-laden economy has collapsed, and its newly elected prime minister has announced bankruptcy as the island nation suffers its worst financial crisis in decades. Due to the crisis, the country has seen severe shortages of necessities like ...