Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 21 - 30 of 196 results for %22Industry Funds Forum%22

Industry fund offers bonus on income streams

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2019
A $54 billion industry fund is nudging its older members towards income streams with a bonus of up to 2%, as it develops its retirement income solutions. Cbus will introduce a bonus for members upon retirement, with chief executive David Atkin saying ...

No pain, no gain: APRA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
... higher bar for funds to clear, which she admitted will bring the sector discomfort. "And while this will present the industry with further challenges, it also provides opportunities for trustees to improve," Rowell said. With greater expectations, funds ...

IPOs fewer but performing well

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... outperform the market which has itself had a good six months," HLB Mann Judd partner Marcus Ohm said. "The majority of industry sectors also performed well, with ten sectors recording first day gains, and ten sectors also recording positive gains on ...

Much review about nothing

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
... Productivity Commission." However the former AustralianSuper staffer failed to reveal anything further, leaving many in the industry with doubts as to the review's purpose and potential impact. Recently appointed Aberdeen Standard Investments head ...

Superannuation reforms underway

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019
In her first industry address since inheriting the superannuation portfolio, Senator Jane Hume reinforced the Federal Government's plans to fix the structural problems across the retirement system and ultimately improve outcomes for members. Speaking ...

Retiree savings won't last: World Economic Forum

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2019
... UK and the US - can expect to live past their savings by almost a decade. Han Yik, WEF head of institutional investors industry said retirees need to consider a longer-term mindset. "The real risk people need to manage when investing in their future ...

Industry veterans recognised

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
... Order of Australia as part of the honours. Prior to founding SuperFriend Hewett was executive officer of the Industry Funds Forum, advocating for an industry response to suicide prevention and the impacts of mental illness. President and chief executive ...

Special Report: Hitting new ETF goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... business of indexing The disproportionate ratio of indices to listed stocks indicates how big indexing is. The Index Industry Association (IIA) estimates there are nearly 3.3 million indices globally as at mid-2017. Equity indices overwhelmingly dominate ...

Firetrail to launch $305m IPO

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
... whose plans had not been finalised then. Now trending: LICs Firetrail's IPO follow a trend in the funds management industry to launch LICs as managers eye retail money, which can be higher-fee generating as well as stickier than institutional money. ...

ETF market growth a benefit for all

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 4 SEP 2018
... Australian ETF market, and as growth continues, all investors are set to benefit. Presenting a snapshot of the Australian ETF industry at the Financial Standard Best Practice ETF Forum in Sydney today, Rainmaker head of investment research John Dyall ...