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Super fund documents unreadable: Study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2021
The documents produced by Australia's largest superannuation funds have performed dismally in an analysis of readability, with an average score of 45.6 out of a possible 100. Ethos CRS analysed 80 different documents published online by the 10 largest ...

T. Rowe Price to acquire credit manager

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2021
The US$1.61 trillion investment manager is set to take over alternative credit management firm Oak Hill Advisors (OHA). T. Rowe Price will pay US$4.2 billion for 100% of OHA with US$3.3 billion payable at closing, approximately 74% in cash and 26% in ...

Sunsuper, QSuper merger legislation passes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
The legislation that will see the merger of Sunsuper and QSuper through was passed this week. The Superannuation (State Public Sector) (Scheme Amendment) Bill 2021 was passed by the Queensland Parliament on October 26, enabling the merger. The bill ...

SCA slams five super funds' junk insurance

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
Super Consumers Australia is calling out several superannuation funds for maintaining junk insurance that embed restrictive disability tests. NGS Super, AMP, TelstraSuper, Prime Super and Spirit Super carry the most restrictive insurance policies compared ...

Federation AM partners with BlackRock

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
Federation Asset Management has entered into a joint venture with BlackRock Real Assets to invest in childcare real estate in Australia. The joint venture will acquire Federation's Australian childcare real estate assets as well as fund future acquisitions ...

CFS joins firms in net zero alignment

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2021
As the COP26 summit approaches Colonial First State (CFS), the NZ Super Fund and Goldman Sachs have announced their commitment to net zero initiatives. CFS announced its alignment to the goals of the Paris Agreement and is committing to net zero emissions ...

BOQ divests St Andrew's Insurance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2021
Bank of Queensland will offload St Andrew's Insurance for $23 million after receiving approval from APRA. BOQ announced on 14 October 2020 that it entered into an agreement with Farmcove Investment Holdings to sell St Andrew's subject to APRA's ...

Fidelity moves on net zero

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2021
Fidelity International launched a climate investing policy with a rating scheme in a bid to halve its carbon emissions by 2030. The policy includes the introduction of Climate Ratings which assess the net zero targets and alignment of investments. They ...

Macquarie Equities awards back-office mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021
Macquarie Equities awarded a third-party clearing and settlements mandate to Third Party Platform. TPP, the subsidiary of ASX-listed Bell Financial Group, will begin servicing Macquarie Equities' private bank and wrap platform this month. TPP has ...

Future Fund hits $199 billion

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2021
Future Fund's latest portfolio update shows the sovereign wealth fund is just shy of hitting $200 billion. "After the exceptional 22% return in 2020-21, the Future Fund continued to grow in the September 2021 quarter. Delivering a 10-year return of ...