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Active funds outperform passive strategies - sometimes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023
... success rates can also fluctuate based on various time periods and market conditions. As such, a long-term perspective is essential when weighing the merits of active versus passive investing.

Caddick victims sue auditors in class action

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2023
A new class action led by victims of Melissa Caddick alleges that auditors of their self-managed superannuation funds failed their jobs to detect fraudulent activities. Twenty-four victims, together with the help of Melbourne-based law firm Mackay Chapman ...

Housing crisis costing Australia $64bn: Aware

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2023
A lack of affordable housing for essential workers in capital cities is draining the nation of $64 billion, with Aware Super saying that's how much the scarcity is costing workers, employers and the community. Aware Super has reviewed the socioeconomic ...

CFA Institute launches private markets, alternatives certificate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2023
... importance of alternative assets, particularly in the portfolios of Australian superannuation funds, this course will provide essential training for financial professionals who are working, or interested in working, in private markets and alternative ...

A roadmap for transitioning to managed accounts

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 SEP 2023
... Netwealth's James Mantella said that achieving a 70% transition of clients and funds under management into managed accounts is essential to unlocking the benefits for advisers and clients. In conversations with advice partners, Mantella underscores that ...

Largest pension funds see drop in assets: Research

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2023
... will need to shift their focus increasingly to a strong governance focus," she added. Boston-Clark explained this is essential to maintain long-term stability and ensure they meet their performance objectives. Assessing all 300 pension funds, the report ...

Industry mega trends impacting distribution roles

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2023
... advisers for access to its global strategies. Natixis has built a distribution platform that can partner with not just the super funds but also the rapidly growing advice businesses and the consultants who support them. Watson is also responding to the ...

NGS Super to debut retirement income product

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2023
NGS Super is set to launch a new retirement product this November in a bid to help decumulation phase members retire with confidence. NGS Super chief executive Natalie Previtera told Financial Standard that the $14.2 billion superannuation fund will ...

Aware Super, Altis buy Crown Group site

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 7 SEP 2023
... build-to-rent (BTR) apartments and will form part of Aware Super's growing BTR portfolio. It will also support the Aware Super Essential Housing Program, which provides quality accommodation at discount to market rates to frontline workers such as nurses ...

NZ Super Fund secures stake in Euroclear

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 4 SEP 2023
NZ Super Fund has acquired a 4.99% shareholding in Brussels-based Euroclear, a provider of essential financial markets infrastructure. With assets under custody totalling around €36 trillion and facilitating over €1 quadrillion in annual securities ...