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SMSFs in flashback to 2008

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... reduction in superannuation minimum drawdown rates in recognition of the share market volatility that has seen the Australian market fall more than 30% since its record peak on February 20 this year," SMSF Association chief executive John Maroney said. ...

Super scammers pose as authorities

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... from superannuation authorities in an attempt to rip-off unsuspecting superannuation members. By midday Thursday, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission had received 19 Scamwatch reports from concerned members of the public who had been contacted ...

Time for financials to step up: Study

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
... play in generating positive social, environmental and economic outcomes for the nation. The study comes out of Australian Ethical and Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA), who surveyed more than 1000 Australians in both capital cities ...

UBS says goodbye to ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
... UBS will also drop the fees on all three of these. For example, the biggest one, the $179 million UBS IQ MSCI Australian Ethical ETF will go from charging 35bps in annual fees to 15bps. It will also keep its 14 mFunds open, which together had $38 million ...

Praemium rolls out investment tools, options

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... "industry first" suite of ESG options, including new screening functionality for advisers and the addition of an Australian Ethical Australian equities option to its separately managed account (SMA). Praemium has moved to embed Sustainalytics ESG research ...

Climate activism not translating to investing

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
... has not translated into how they invest their superannuation and other investment, according to research from Australian Ethical Investment. The research shows the vast majority of Australians (83%) believe climate change is occurring and being contributed ...

Coronavirus no match for Future Fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... recent - more than 29% of the fund's assets are allocated to overseas equity markets, with just 6.8% invested in Australian equities. "So at the current time the Future Fund's highly diversified, and we feel like it's very well positioned ...

ETF popularity soars 52%

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... launched in 2019, two of these were active ETFs. "Such interest might be due to the strong performance from both the Australian and global fixed-interest markets; the Bloomberg AusBond Composite 0+Yr TR and Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate TR Hedged ...

Climate threat pushes Aussies to sustainability

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... screening processes in place will not satisfy those who are seeking sustainable and ethical investments." In a survey of Australian institutional investors, Cerulli found that 88.2% named ESG integration, followed by exclusionary screening (82.4%) as ...

Ethical super fund cuts fees

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... superannuation fund is set to cut its administration fee by 12 basis points as it looks to pass on scale benefits. Australian Ethical will drop the percentage-based administration fee it charges to members from 0.41% to 0.29% p.a. in April. Members will ...