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Smart default fund to boost retirement incomes

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 10 JAN 2022
... for life should be over," he said. The 'Smart Default' fund uses a SAAS (software-as-a-service) solution to automatically tailor the existing investment options of superannuation funds to a member's own projected retirement outcomes. Last year, 13 super ...

EISS Super finds merger partner in Cbus

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
Cbus has come to EISS Super's rescue, after the latter was directed by APRA to merge as soon as possible. Cbus and EISS Super have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to complete a merger next year, with Cbus chief executive Justin Arter saying ...

Choice products not so choice: APRA

CHLOE WALKER, KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
Several superannuation funds that flunked the inaugural Your Future, Your Super test, are also failing Choice members, the latest APRA heatmaps reveal. The prudential regulator slapped retail and industry superannuation funds alike with the lowest grade ...

NZ Super awards passive ESG mandates

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2021
NZ Super Fund has selected UBS Asset Management to manage $4.9 billion across two passive mandates. UBS Asset Management has designed two ESG index equity funds for NZ Super, tailored to its performance and responsible investment requirements. UBS Asset ...

Super fund appoints new insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2021
Having had separate insurance arrangements to date, next year will see Equip and Catholic Super adopt the same insurer - putting an end to some longstanding arrangements. Effective 1 July 2022, members of Equip and Catholic Super will be covered by ...

Role of adviser to change: Fidelity

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 25 NOV 2021
The role of a financial adviser is set to shift as Australians move away from the dream of early retirement, planning to continue working after the age of 67, according to a new report from Fidelity International and independent research firm, MYMAVINS. ...

ASIC reviews super calculators

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2021
... retirement ages and inflation rates that are used as defaults. Yet, ASIC is also proposing greater flexibility to trustees to tailor forecasts based on their members' investment strategies. ASIC commissioner Danielle Press said superannuation calculators ...

ASIC launches remediation review

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2021
... licensees, and retirement service providers. "The draft guidance is comprehensive and makes allowance for licensees to tailor it to the circumstances of their particular remediation," Chester said. ASIC seeks industry feedback until 11 February 2022. ...

AMP Capital executive joins asset consultant

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2021
The former head of portfolio management at AMP Capital has joined an asset consultant as a partner. Darren Beesley became a partner at Evidentia in October, following a stint as portfolio management lead for the multi-asset group at AMP Capital. Prior ...

Shaw and Partners appoints sales lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2021
Shaw and Partners has appointed a former Franklin Templeton and J.P. Morgan executive as director of sales and distribution, Australia. Matthew Jackson has taken on the role, responsible for strategy, business development and investor relations for ...