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'Our patience is running thin': ASIC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2024
... providing better data and insights to members. She said ASIC doesn't expect funds to collect more data on their members, but rather use the data they have to meet their members' needs. She added that it was disappointing that complaints made by members ...

Super performance test needs personal rate of return: Adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2024
... the current time-weighted cash-flow methodology for the annual test calculates the performance of the superannuation fund rather than the performance of an individual member's account. Super funds, instead, should undertake an assessment that measures ...

Independent MPs call for super reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2024
... really concerned about the impact on the startup and innovation sector, in particular, which is an area we need to see grow, rather than diminish. "It appears this is a policy fudge to accommodate technical limitations in large APRA-regulated funds ...

Vanguard, Betashares, iShares neck and neck in battle for inflows

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024
... seen the growth in the exchange traded product (ETP) industry and think that simply participating will result in flows rather than assessing the sustainability of their strategies in light of persistency of performance, lack of transparency, and higher ...

CFMEU fallout stokes governance debate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024
... pool to members of a particular union or employment association. This bias becomes the central filter for board elections, rather than addressing the growing and diverse needs of the board to act in the best interest of members," he says. Interestingly ...

Choice products require fairer framework: FSC

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024
... necessarily mean the investment option isn't delivering for members (overall member strategy would need to be assessed rather than an option in isolation)," the A new framework for regulating Choice products report read, noting it also undermines ...

US election outcome tops investor concerns: Natixis

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2024
... investments are also vastly divided. Half of the participants agree that demand for this sector will be determined investors rather than political pressure in the next two to five years. Also in the spotlight is AI, with the majority of the participants ...

Markets look to US rate cuts as inflation falls

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2024
... sentiment." Powell addressed those concern directly, emphasising that rate decisions will be made "when and as" necessary, rather than being timed for political convenience. Green said that statement underscored the Fed's commitment to its dual mandate ...

Regulation, profitability top adviser worries: BT

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2024
... career path is important. I don't think people aren't choosing to study financial planning because they don't like it, but rather that they don't know about it," Barr said.

Cbus MySuper investment option returns 8.35%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2024
... return of 8.87% since inception. The fund's growth (MySuper) investment option maintains a diversified portfolio of assets rather than being concentrated in listed shares. Allocations to high quality unlisted infrastructure and property portfolios, which ...