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ESG impacts on US pension funds tested

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2023
... investment principles may be, that funds following such investment principles do not, as a group, show structural underperformance." A number of US states led by GOP politicians have rallied behind the anti-ESG/anti-woke capitalism movement by constraining ...

Aussie shares to continue outperformance: Oliver

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2023
... on the future, he said, it's useful to understand the past, saying the big question is whether the structural underperformance of Aussie equities is over. According to Oliver, the underperformance of Australian shares since 2009 reflects a mix of payback ...

Top 10 issues for super funds in 2023: KPMG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JAN 2023
... prudential requirements for super funds, with a focus on strategic planning, member outcomes, and addressing underperformance. This includes detailed evidence and metrics, scenario modelling, strong third-party management, and recovery and exit planning. ...

Super fund reporting requirements 'a dog's breakfast'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022
... performance test has been the single most powerful force in driving better member outcomes, shining a spotlight on underperformance, and giving flunking trustees no place to hide.

Members stick with dud super funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2022
... products. "In just over one year, every fund bar one that failed the first performance test is addressing its underperformance through either fee reductions or a merger with a better performer," SCA said. SCA research found that failed products have ...

Nowhere has there been more change than super: Byres

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 OCT 2022
... performance test has been the single most powerful force in driving better member outcomes, shining a spotlight on underperformance, and giving flunking trustees no place to hide. However, in an industry where size matters, there's still a long tail ...

US state public pensions fragile: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2022
... 2021. Equable estimates that unfunded liabilities will increase further to US$1.4 trillion in 2022 due to market underperformance. Moreover, the aggregate funded ratio for statewide and municipal plans collectively has lost about half of its gains since ...

Regulators to face committee scrutiny

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2022
... and ASIC will front the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics tomorrow to discuss super fund underperformance, greenwashing and the rise of finfluencers. In what will be the committee's first public hearings into the regulators, committee ...

Future Generation expands Plato mandate

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2022
... 10.19% gross of fees. This outperformance was against a backdrop of buoyant oil, gas, and coal prices, and the underperformance of many sustainability branded strategies. Plato Investment Management's head of short/long strategies and co-head of research ...

UK regulator flags big redress bill likely for Link

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022
... Solutions might be required to make following the mismanagement of the Woodford fund. In June 2019, after years of underperformance, Neil Woodford issued an apology to investors via YouTube whose money was frozen as a result of liquidity issues. The ...