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Trustees to be quizzed on climate risk management

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022
Many superannuation funds will soon be asked to self-assess how their current practices align to the prudential regulator's guidance on managing the financial risks of climate change. APRA will soon be sending a voluntary survey to medium-to-large ...

MSCI downgrades Russia's ESG rating

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2022
... rating, and an additional downgrade may occur. For the downgrade to occur, MSCI had to initiate a 'Sovereign Watch' event assessment, which only occurs in extraordinary circumstances and assesses major events on a scale from 'Minor' to 'Very Severe'. ...

Hostplus and Maritime Super explore merger

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2022
... Superannuation Trust in April 2021. Maritime Super said it had been seeking a merger partner, undertaking a competitive assessment of funds it could merge with. If due diligence is successfully completed the funds' trustees will sign a successor ...

Former Spaceship chief executive banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 JAN 2022
The former chief executive of Spaceship has been banned from providing financial services after ASIC found he had an employee complete AICD assessments on his behalf. The investigation found Paul Kevin Bennetts, who led both Spaceship's managed ...

Christian Super hires former Mercer executive

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022
... in the past 12 months while Rider ran the portfolio, according to Rainmaker analysis. Piper also confirmed that the assessment of potential merger partners is ongoing. Commenting on his decision to depart, Rider said he had enjoyed his time at Christian ...

PGIM Real Estate appoints ESG lead for APAC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 JAN 2022
PGIM Real Estate has hired an ESG lead for the region from CBRE, effective immediately. Julie Townsend has been appointed to the role, based in London and also responsible for Europe. She reports directly to global head of ESG and head of Americas Asset ...

Future Super hires operations chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 JAN 2022
... acquired Aon's superannuation business, smartMonday, a choice product that failed APRA's inaugural choice heatmap assessment. smartMonday DIRECT and smartMonday PRIME scored several amber and red ratings for failing to beat their benchmarks over ...

Plato readies new ESG strategies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
... of those invested in Plato's Australian Shares Income Fund and Plato Income Maximiser LIC. In a financial year assessment compiled by Rainmaker Information, the Plato Australian Shares Income Fund had the second best performance in the year, returning ...

Industry responds to heatmap findings

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
... use the heat maps to strengthen their products, and we have already been seeing fees reduced since the first MySuper assessment earlier this year." However, Briggs also made note that yesterday's heatmaps raised questions about the appropriateness and ...

MySuper heatmap offers few surprises

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
... years, these heatmaps show there remains considerable room for improvement in member outcomes." APRA also published its assessment of the Choice sector for the first time, finding that 60% of products in this segment underperform.