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Australian Ethical continues growth trajectory

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... super increased by 22%. Operating revenues increased by 10% to $25.6 million, but this was partially offset by superannuation fee reductions in the second half of last year, threshold reductions across some managed funds in October 2020 and the early ...

Actuaries Institute names new president

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... actuaries have strong interests in climate change, government and data analytics, alongside traditional work in superannuation and insurance." Commenting on his new role as president and what lies ahead for the profession, Gibbs said actuaries will increasingly ...

JANA awarded mandate

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... JANA's appointment of head of not-for-profit Michael Karagianis late last year. At the time, JANA said its non-superannuation clients had been the fastest growing in the business.

NZ Super Fund adds board member

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has appointed a new board member to serve a five-year term. Kirsty Mactaggart will join the Board of Guardians in April 2021 bringing extensive global capital markets experience. She was head of equity capital markets ...

Mergers prompt 13% fee drop

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
Members of merged superannuation funds are $15,000 better off in retirement, new research shows. An analysis by Super Consumers Australia (SCA) found MySuper fees of merged entities dropped by 13.4% on average. The consumer advocate group looked at ...

ASIC zeroes in on bad SMSF advice, conduct

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
... perpetrators that give bad advice to self-managed super funds, sounding a warning that it is flexing its new powers in superannuation. ASIC commissioner Danielle Press told the recent SMSF Association's National Conference via video link that several ...

Industry fund expands leadership team

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
A $16 billion superannuation fund has welcomed two members to its executive team, as well as a portfolio manager from Victorian Funds Management Corporation. Sam Horskins is the new chief financial officer at CareSuper, overlooking the statutory and ...

BOQ acquires ME Bank

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
... execution capabilities being reflected in our earnings progress to the half." ME Bank is currently owned by 26 industry superannuation funds, which unanimously endorsed BOQ's offer as recommended by the board. The transaction will be finalised by ...

Super fund buys stake in retirement village

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
A $135 billion industry superannuation fund is to acquire a stake in Lendlease's retirement villages business. Aware Super will gain a 25% stake in Retirement Living, which comprises 75 retirement villages that are home to more than 16,000 residents ...

Big super locking Aussies out of homes: Wilson

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
... hugely inflated mortgages without any super savings to fall back on." Wilson has been grilling the nation's superannuation funds as part of the economics committee's ongoing review into the big banks and other financial institutions in his role ...