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Australian Ethical cuts fees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
Australian Ethical has cut fees for super fund members as part of what it says is a continued effort to provide lower cost ethical investment options. The super fund reduced the investment fee for its defensive investment option in super and pensions ...

Super funds lag on disclosure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
Despite growing demand for it, Australia's superannuation funds are dragging their feet when it comes to portfolio holdings disclosure. A recent study by Rainmaker found just 27 major super funds publish holdings data; about one quarter of all funds. ...

Trustees cutting corners: Rowell

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
The prudential regulator has lambasted superannuation funds for not taking underperformance seriously and failing to compare themselves accurately against their peers. APRA deputy chair Helen Rowell said that many superannuation funds are overlooking ...

Adviser charged with stealing super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... licensees could face 15 years in jail after being charged with four counts of dishonest conduct in relation to hardship superannuation requests. Rahul Goel is an authorised representative of Australian Financial Directions and committed the alleged offences ...

Vanguard to cull institutional mandates

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... its actively-managed unlisted funds launched in September 2019, and the November 2019 announcement of plans for a superannuation offering and April 2020 launch of a portal for direct investors. Vanguard was the second largest investment manager in Australia ...

MySuper funds redeem performance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... gains to August, Rainmaker's latest super performance tables show. MySuper products offered by not-for-profit superannuation funds outperformed their retail counterparts in the year to August by 0.6 percentage points. In the month of August however ...

Ratings deteriorate at AMP

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... credit profile, it said. "We expect the uncertain economic outlook and coronavirus-related early withdrawal of superannuation funds will continue to constrain the group's ability to attract new funds and grow assets under management," Moody's said. However ...

Investors take charge in C-suite equality

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
A $52 billion industry superannuation fund has launched an initiative to increase gender diversity in the executive teams of the ASX200 companies and already has the support of industry heavyweights. HESTA's 40:40 Vision campaign has launched with eight ...

LGS partners with SuperFriend

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
Local Government Super (LGS) has partnered with workplace mental health organisation SuperFriend, to provide support and tools to its staff, members, and their employers. SuperFriend will support employers and members with a range of online and facilitated ...

AMP flags redundancies

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
... strategy to turnaround the business. This started with offloading AMP Life to Resolution Life in order to simplify its superannuation business. De Ferrari is also reshaping the advice network and capitalising on the success of AMP Capital and its platform. ...