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Super funds overlook digital engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2020
... nearly two thirds (59%) do not know how to use them. Members also expressed a strong preference for mobile apps. A recent study of 2850 super fund members by Forrester found that only half were satisfied with their provider's website and mobile app. ...

State Super scholarship opens

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
State Super's post-graduate scholarship program is open for students in New South Wales interested in studying superannuation. The Academic Scholarship program offers four $16,000 scholarships available for masters and honours students. There is also ...

Culture creates better outcomes: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... world believe workplace culture is more integral to influencing good organisational outcomes than business strategy, a new study shows. The Thinking Ahead Institute's latest survey of 27 global decision makers from 15 investment organisations with assets ...

Former Socceroo joins Crescent Foundation board

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
... young people, there was really strong alignment and a shared vision." Crescent Foundation awards scholarships to refugees to study at university, supports The Big Issue to help homelessness, assists Thrive Refugee Enterprise refugees and asylum seekers ...

Healthcare dominates impact investing: American Century

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020
... have continued to focus their attention on prioritising healthcare, new research shows. American Century Investments latest study reveals the disparity of responses from investors in the United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Around a third of investors ...

Gender doesn't influence company returns: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2020
... in women filling non-executive director (NED) roles has had no influence on company returns. The Ownership Matters (OM) study examined the total shareholder return for each company, during the period of each new director appointment, finding gender did ...

AustralianSuper backs cobalt miner

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
... raise to acquire a nickel-cobalt refinery in Brazil, including purchase deposit, lease payments from March 2021 and restart study costs. It will also use the money for Idaho Cobalt Operations. The superannuation fund is already a Jervois shareholder. ...

Super needs improvement: Report card

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
Australia's pension system has fallen short of its world-class status, according to a global study, which rated the $3 trillion superannuation industry a 'B'. The Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index ranked Australia fourth out of 39 ...

Sam Henderson sentenced

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... distributed between 2013 and 2017 as well as in an information memorandum dated May 2011. Henderson was the subject of a case study on bad financial advice at the Royal Commission and was subsequently banned from providing financial services for a period ...

Aussie asset managers fourth-fastest in global growth

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... five years, says a new report from Willis Towers Watson. Willis Towers Watson's Thinking Ahead Institute published a joint study of the world's 500 largest managers based on 2019 assets with Pensions & Investments. US names (BlackRock, Vanguard and Fidelity) ...