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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.

Choice products not so choice: APRA

CHLOE WALKER, KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
... The MySuper Heatmap, meanwhile, which was first published in 2019, has been expanded to include each product's assessment result received under the new In aggregate, the two heatmaps cover 60% of member benefits in the APRA-regulated superannuation ...

Crestone to be acquired by LGT Group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2021
... board and management believes the offer to be attractive and have commissioned an independent report to provide an assessment of the offer. If no better offer is received, the board and management will unanimously recommend shareholders vote in favour ...