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Christian Super recognised for impact investing

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
The $1.8 billion fund has been named the impact asset owner of the year at the Australian Impact Investment Awards. The fund has a diverse impact portfolio approaching 10% of total assets, that spans a variety of sectors including sustainability, healthcare ...

What you read in 2020

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
... (March 25) As COVID-19 took hold and the reality of just how rough 2020 was going to be began to set in, industry superannuation funds charged with safeguarding the retirement savings of those working in the sectors hardest hit moved to reassure members. ...

Woman allegedly left out of will because she was born by artificial insemination

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
... trust deeds, profit and loss statements, balance sheets, bank statements and evidence of loans, investments and superannuation entitlements as well as any documents evidencing ownership by her father of any asset during the preceding seven years before ...

FS team picks: The top stories for 2020

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR, KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
... Ethics Authority (FASEA) will be made redundant as two government bodies take over its remit. Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial Technology, Senator Jane Hume announced on December 9 that the standard-setting aspect ...

Industry fund renews Link partnership

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
A $54 billion superannuation fund has reappointed Link Group as its administrator. Cbus will continue to use Link's services in the areas of administration, system integration, innovation, data supply and security. The partnership will also provide ...

Industry fund called out over board diversity initiatives

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
The industry superannuation fund with the highest percentage of women membership has been called out for not prioritising board diversity initiatives in the companies it invests in. Rest, with 1.8 million members of which 60% are women, was grilled ...

Vanguard fund hits US$1trn

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
... and an ETF. It is priced at 14bps a year in expense ratio. To put things into perspective, Australia's largest superannuation fund AustralianSuper which invests in many asset classes outside of equities, only just hit $200 billion and is estimated to ...

Household wealth hits record high

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
... surpassed the previous high of $11.24 trillion recorded in December quarter 2019. Residential assets, deposits and superannuation balances all saw increases in the quarter and were the main contributors to growth. Super balances increased 1.1% in the ...

ATO backs SMSFs as strong retirement choice

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
... would agree this year has been like no other we have experienced, both in terms of personal impacts and impacts on superannuation," Micale said. "In mid-March as the effects of COVID-19 became apparent, here at the ATO we shifted our focus from our usual ...

AIA to launch income protection product

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
... definition. The benefit period lasts five years up to the age of 65 and is available as an ordinary policy or through superannuation. IP CORE offers a payment of up to 70% of pre-disablement income (PDI) in the first 24 months of claim and then pays ...