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Industry bodies react to APRA review

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2019
Several industry associations have responded to APRA's Capability Review as many weighed in on how the recommendations can improve the superannuation sector. The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees head of advocacy Ailsa Goodwin said ...

APRA forced to overhaul culture, capabilities

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
... leadership structure and sluggish approach to enforcement. Samuel was appointed by the Federal Government in February to lead the panel, which comprises AGL Energy non-executive director Diane Smith-Gander and former Reserve Bank of New Zealand acting ...

Super fund invests through RateSetter

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
A superannuation fund has invested in renewable energy loans via peer-to-peer lender marketplace RateSetter. Future Super is investing $200,000 through the RateSetter platform to specifically fund renewable energy loans. RateSetter is a peer-to-peer ...

New climate risk government bond index launches

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
... mitigation expected to reach almost $1 trillion a year for the next 30 years according to the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change," Bocquet said. London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) director of information services Waqas Samad said ...

Pension giant awards $1bn in mandates

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
... associated with climate change, as detailed by peer reviewed scientific reports, including those from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), will materially impact the value of our investment portfolio," the pension giant said. "CalSTRS ...

Excellence in managed accounts recognised

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2019
... interest category and Soteria Capital took out the multi asset class award. IMAP chair Toby Potter said the awards judging panel was impressed by the quality and depth of entries. "It was a very close contest in each of the categories," Potter said. ...

Wealth management investigations spike

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019
... increased 129% in the year to March 2019, ASIC commissioner John Price said yesterday. In opening comments to a keynote panel discussion at the Governance and Risk Management Forum in Melbourne yesterday, Price said ASIC has accelerated its enforcement ...

How key is gender in retirement outcomes?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
A question about gender inequality in retirement was met with silence and then laughter at the recent Actuaries Institute Summit in Sydney. UNSW associate professor Anthony Asher, Mercer senior actuary David Knox and Rice Warner founder Michael Rice ...

Chief economist update: Oil market slides from bull to bear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
... that, "US-China tariffs-including those implemented last year-could reduce global GDP by 0.5% in 2020 (see chart, bottom panel). This amounts to a loss of about US$455 billion, larger than the size of South Africa's economy." The US Energy Information ...

Macquarie Securities cops ASIC penalty

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2019
... regulator said this morning. ASIC issued an infringement notice to Macquarie Securities on May 3, after its markets disciplinary panel determined it had reasonable grounds to believe Macquarie contravened the rules that deal with providing data to ASX ...