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Prioritise underperformance over stapling: AIST

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2021
... underperforming funds. AIST also pointed out that all fees should be included in performance comparisons. "The annual performance assessment and the YourSuper comparison tool should include administration fees to provide an overall net outcome measure. ...

APRA hands down self-assessment report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 DEC 2020
... was the increasing cost of regulation. Many also urged APRA to resume its work on improving the transparency on its assessment of costs and benefits of proposed policy changes. APRA assessed itself against six key performance indicators and its ability ...

Chief economist update: Fed acts with inaction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
The Fed's final act for the pandemic year 2020 was inaction. At the conclusion of its December FOMC meeting, the US Federal Reserve said: "The Committee decided to keep the target range for the federal funds rate at zero to 0.25% and expects it ...

Regulators alert trustees of new obligations

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
The financial services and superannuation regulators have expressed their expectations to trustees on the new member outcomes, and product design and distribution obligations. In a letter to trustees co-signed by APRA deputy chair Helen Rowell and ASIC ...

Cbus, Media Super merger progresses

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
... late 2021. Cbus chair Steve Bracks said the due diligence process the funds have undertaken provided an independent assessment that the merger is in the best interests of members. "This partnership brings together two strong and aligned industry super ...

Chief economist update: East and west at crossroads

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
China has continued to tighten the screws on Australia after formally banning the importation of Australian coal. The reason, or reasons, are immaterial. Beijing could dig up a number of justifications for its most recent diktat the same way it did ...

Chief economist update: ECB expands PEPP

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2020
... to the downside". The last paragraph of the ECB's December policy statement provide a synopsis into its current assessment and guidance as to its future policy direction. "The monetary policy measures taken today will contribute to preserving favourable ...

PPS Mutual transforms underwriting process

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
... members to complete a financial questionnaire. Instead, it will request information that is only relevant to the risk assessment. PPS Mutual head of underwriting and claims management Marcello Bertasso said the rising costs of assessments impacted the ...

Data letting ESG down: BlackRock

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
... analytics was what was holding them back. This was consistent across all regions. "I think that the quality of ESG assessment companies and the assessment of their sustainability will become more sophisticated and it will converge on a commonly understood ...

Robeco launches credit income fund in Australia

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
... credit strategy that selects opportunities from investment grade to emerging market credits and applies Robeco's SDG assessment framework in screening companies that contribute positively to the goals. The fund was established in 2018 aims to provide ...