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No pain, no gain: APRA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
... commences on January 1 next year. The new standard will see trustees assess the outcomes they deliver members and the performance of their business, which can then be compared to sector benchmarks and other super funds. With the data squarely before ...

Stronghold launches open-ended fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2019
... of longer lease periods." Stronghold head of funds management Bruce Anderson was confident about the continued performance of suburban commercial office space. "Stronghold has delivered average cash returns of 8.5% across its 10 closed-ended trusts in ...

Insider trading rife among company directors: ANU

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
... these contrary trades were being made with non-public knowledge, privy only to company insiders, about the future performance of the firm. This most certainly amounts to insider trading under the law." "It was the exact opposite of what you'd expect ...

Bloomberg launches equity benchmarks

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
... the index family. The new indices focus on industry-specific ESG factors most likely to influence the financial performance of companies, it said. Also offered now are ESG policy benchmarks and custom indices that maximize the R-Factor ESG score. Bloomberg ...

Industry super satisfaction continues

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2019
... members satisfied with fund performance -a drop of 1.2% points, ensuring a 5.4% point gap. The difference in the performance of the two super sectors is reflected in the results of the individual funds. Industry funds dominated the top 12, with nine ...

Vanguard launches three new active funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2019
... manager underperforms. "The simplest way to look at it is that we are essentially taking the average of 3-year performance of the manager against the benchmark and comparing it on a rolling basis," Reedman said. "The motivation in bringing these two ...

Beware dodgy auditors, sudden CFO moves: Plato

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2019
... Plato has created a system for monitoring more than 100 possible red flags for listed companies. "We look at the performance of companies based on red flags and we find that if you don't have any your share price goes up on average 12% per annum," managing ...

APRA slaps traffic light ratings on super funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
... -investment returns, fees and charges, sustainability and in due course insurance - that will be tested on the performance of MySuper funds and eventually broadened to choice products. By the end of 2019, Rowell expects such additional information on ...

Publisher slammed for Future Fund claim

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2019
A publishing house that claimed investors could mimic the performance of the Future Fund has been slapped with a $600,000 fine by the Federal Court. Online publishing company Port Phillip Publishing (PPP) has been ordered to pay a $600,000 penalty by ...

It's time for super to move on: Combet

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... audience of FSC Summit delegates, the ISA chair said industry super's peak body was "quite rightly" proud of the performance of its member funds. "I don't want to shove that down everyone's throat, but that's a valid fact," Combet said. ...