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QAR does not "trash" FoFA: Anderson

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
... client detriment." He commented on the dispute around non-relevant providers and said some will argue that allowing this group to operate under a good advice obligation is somehow sacrificing the best interest duty. Anderson said: "In reality, much of ...

Dataset to ease policy planning for ageing population

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2023
With an ageing population but no accepted approach for measuring the age of retirement, KPMG has taken the same approach used to determine life expectancy to produce an age of retirement dataset. In producing the dataset, KPMG has determined the expected ...

ESG impacts on US pension funds tested

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2023
... despite what anyone's views on ESG 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 ...

Skill shortage to continue to cost Aussie companies

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2023
Australian companies will continue to suffer at the hands of the skill shortage crisis in 2023, with 70% of employers stating the lack of talent will cost them. According to research conducted by specialised recruiter Robert Half, the recent 3.5% unemployment ...

Strengths and weaknesses in DC systems: Comparison

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2023
The differences between the US and Australian defined contribution workplace superannuation system has been explored at an academic forum in New York. At the Global Committee of the Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Association (DCIIA) forum ...

MySuper heatmap reveals sub-par products

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2022
... the benchmark. EISS Super's MySuper option, Colonial First State FirstChoice Employer Super, BT Super MySuper, Westpac Group Plan MySuper, Commonwealth Essential Super and AMG MySuper received a significantly poor performance rating. Many of these ...

Colonial First State adds 17 new funds to FirstChoice platform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022
... adviser interactions, engagement with research ratings houses, and monitoring of global and domestic macroeconomic trends. CFS group executive of distribution Bryce Quirk said that the investment manager is proud to work closely with advisers and industry ...

BlockFi files for bankruptcy, crypto contagion worsens

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2022
... ensuing bankruptcy process, which remains ongoing, BlockFi expects that recoveries from it will be delayed. Berkeley Research Group, managing director, BlockFi's financial advisor, Mark Renzi said: "With the collapse of FTX, the BlockFi management ...

Goldman Sachs charged over ESG failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
... Sachs had several failures in relation to two mutual funds and one separately managed account within the Fundamental Equity group. These were the Goldman Sachs ESG Emerging Markets Equity Fund, Goldman Sachs International Equity ESG Fund and a US Equity ...

Hopes for action at "implementation" COP27

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2022
... an implementation and reporting perspective, Herd pointed to a report by the UN Secretary General's High-Level Expert Group on the Net Zero Emissions Commitments of Non-State Entities that blasted greenwashing and outlined key principles for a credible ...