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NGS Super taps Robeco for major equities mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2023
The new low-carbon, enhanced indexing mandate will see Robeco responsible for more than 20% of the super fund's international equities investments. NGS Super chief investment officer Ben Squires confirmed to FS Sustainability the mandate is for ...

Link due to settle defunct Woodford fund with FCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2023
... divestment of Fund Solutions (which operates LFSL) to Waystone Group, has progressed. Should the sale proceed, Waystone will be free of any Woodford-related liabilities. Waystone has until the end of March 2023 to conduct its due diligence. If the divestment ...

Put controls in place for super funds: Associations

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
Superannuation funds could soon break free from the shackles of intra-fund advice but financial advisers aren't happy about it. The Quality of Advice Review proposal (QAR) sitting before Treasury would give super funds the green light to provide ...

"A lawyer's picnic": QAR report slammed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
... independent advice which would tell them to switch to a better fund." He also slammed the recommendation that super trustees be free to decide how they charge for the advice. "Super is not a sector known for its self-control when it comes to fees. Australians ...

Negative wholesale funds market growth continues

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2023
Australia's $1.6 trillion wholesale funds market has experienced negative growth, contracting 2.6% in annual terms. According to Rainmaker Information's latest Wholesale Advantage report, wholesale funds have had three consecutive quarters of negative ...

Treasury releases Quality of Advice Review final report

CASSANDRA BALDINI, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2023
... their interest in the fund, the final report reads. This would include transition-to-retirement advice. Trustees would be free to decide how to charge their members for that advice, and restrictions on collective charging of fees should be removed, it ...

Stop penalising women: HESTA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2023
... rate and introduce an additional annual payment equal to 15% of SG contributions for those who earn below the effective tax-free threshold," HESTA said. HESTA explained the second recommended change is so that those individuals who earn up to the effective ...

Insignia saves thousands of hours with AI

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2023
Implementing an artificial intelligence solution has saved Insignia Financial tens of thousands of working hours, it says. The financial services company rolled out its first digital worker called Optimus in 2019 and has since steadily increased its ...

Skill shortage to continue to cost Aussie companies

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2023
Australian companies will continue to suffer at the hands of the skill shortage crisis in 2023, with 70% of employers stating the lack of talent will cost them. According to research conducted by specialised recruiter Robert Half, the recent 3.5% unemployment ...

APRA slaps conditions on Diversa

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2023
... ING Superannuation. It also provides trustee services to the Tidswell Master Superannuation Plan, which is home to Cruelty Free Super, mobiSuper, Spaceship and Student Super, and OneSuper, whose sub-plans include Allan Gray Super and Superhero Super. ...