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What you read in 2020

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
... after an OPEC deal to cut production by 30% due to oversupply, but May WTI futures contracts soon went negative for the first time as a result of COVID-19 shutdowns. 8. Vanguard firms up super team (January 22) Vanguard confirmed the appointment of Garry ...

Rest develops ethical option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
... investing (SRI) and are calling on their super funds to make a change. So, we are listening to our members and, for the first time, will be working with them to build a best-of-breed ethical and sustainable investment option." According to its website ...

Super satisfaction bounces back

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
Member satisfaction with superannuation funds has increased across all sectors for the first time since the pandemic, new research shows. Roy Morgan's latest Superannuation Satisfaction Report reveals overall superannuation satisfaction increased 0.6% ...

Best super, pension fund revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
... consider three, five and 10-year performance, as well as the 12 months to 30 June 2020. Taking the award out for the first time, Aware Super has been named best superannuation fund. Across all superannuation providers in Rainmaker's analysis, Aware ...

Pension funds unite for ESG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... standardised approach to ESG reporting to strengthen investment decision-making. Issuing a joint statement for the first time, the chief executives of AIMCo, BCI, CPP Investments, Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec (CDPQ), HOOPP, OMERS, Ontario Teachers' ...

Aussie dividends lag on global stage

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... the third quarter." Other casualties include Insurance Australia Group (IAG), which cancelled its dividend for the first time on record in order to bolster its capital reserves, as well as Sydney Airport and Aristocrat Leisure. Janus Henderson head of ...

Shipton's tax bill under scrutiny

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... accountable authority (that is because ASIC is the accountable authority). In five years with the ANAO, this was the first time Hehir had written a letter to a minister on such a matter. He added that one of the issues that should be addressed in the ...

Poor progress on human rights revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
... months. We're sensing a real reluctance from the laggards to improve. When we look at the companies assessed for the first time this year, 70% failed to score any points on human rights due diligence," World Benchmarking Alliance corporate human rights ...

Fintech to take on super with new hire

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... their super at a fraction of the cost. We have the opportunity to shake-up Australia's superannuation industry for the first time in 40 years."

Hume scrutinises super fund spend

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... outcomes for too many," Hume said. About 1.6 million people change jobs every year and 470,000 enter the workforce for the first time. Consequently, some 850,000 new duplicate accounts are created every year. "For too long, superannuation fund members ...