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Funds will fail YFYS test multiple times: Parametric

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2021
The latest researcher to run the numbers says as many as 20% of super funds could fail the Your Future, Your Super performance test in any given year, with a strong likelihood they'll fail again in the years to follow. According to Parametric modelling ...

Northern Trust launches low carbon strategy

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2021
Northern Trust Asset Management (NTAM) has launched an actively managed strategy that focuses on high-quality, low-volatility stocks while maintaining a lower carbon footprint. The Quality Low Volatility Low Carbon World (QLV Low Carbon) Strategy is ...

AMP North adds portfolios

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2021
AMP has added new risk profile options to the MyNorth Sustainable and Zenith ranges. The current MyNorth Sustainable Managed Portfolio Balanced profile has added moderately conservative and moderately aggressive risk profiles for clients. The guiding ...

Ian Silk to leave AustralianSuper

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2021
The chief executive of Australia's biggest superannuation fund AustralianSuper will step down before the end of the year. Having led the fund since its creation on 1 July 2006, Ian Silk is set to leave the super fund at the end of this year. Chief ...

Active Super returns 23%

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
Active Super returned 23% in FY21, but its chief investment officer Craig Turnbull says the fund is watching for signs of inflation. The fund, which was previously named Local Government Super, posted its best yearly returns in its 24 year-long history ...

Be ready for negative rates: APRA to ADIs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
Despite the Reserve Bank of Australia being confident it's unlikely interest rates will enter negative territory, APRA is consulting on ADI's preparedness for such an event. Saying the regulator's standpoint does not preclude the possibility of zero ...

Lifespan appoints compliance lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
Lifespan Financial Planning has hired a risk and compliance lead who was previously a financial adviser for the firm. Adrian Caspar joins the Sydney office with 15 years' experience in compliance, risk management, financial advice and governance. Caspar ...

Hejaz expands with three new funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
Hejaz Financial Services is launching three funds with an ethical overlay to retail investors that invest in global equities, credit and property. As part of the $180 million fund manager's aggressive growth strategy, the funds will give Australian ...

Active managers lead new ETF issuers

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
Actively managed exchange traded funds (ETFs) are on a steady rise, with all the new issuers entering the market launching active products, new data shows. The BetaShares Australian Exchange Traded Fund Industry: Half Year Review 2021 report showed ...

Significant drop in charitable giving

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2021
According to the inaugural JBWere NAB Charitable Giving Index, Australians are giving less - possibly due to the pandemic. The dramatic fall in giving led to an overall decrease in donations by 16% in the six months to December 2020, taking giving back ...