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Retail, corporate funds lack transparency on ESG votes

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2021
Retail and corporate super funds continue to show a poor track record of how they vote on environmental, social and governance matters, new research shows. According to the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR), which analysed the ...

APRA leaves door open for benchmark tweaks

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
APRA general manager superannuation Katrina Ellis says the regulator is open to finding better benchmarks, especially for unlisted assets, in both its heatmaps and Your Future, Your Super performance test. Speaking at AIST's annual investment conference ...

Three-month relief proposal gains traction

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021
The relief that will allow financial advisers to sit the November examination regardless of their last sitting is closer to becoming official. The Financial Advisers Standards and Ethics Authority announced yesterday that the Corporations (Relevant ...

APRA expands life insurance data reporting

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021
... releasing commercially sensitive information. In response to these concerns, APRA said it will not go ahead with this proposal. APRA's upcoming reports - the Quarterly General Insurance Performance Statistics and Quarterly Life Insurance Performance ...

Super fund portfolio disclosure consultation reopens

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2021
... categorised into into directly held versus unitised and the percentage of direct ownership must be disclosed. Another proposal is removing the requirement to disclose maturity dates and counterparty names for derivatives. Trustees are free to provide ...

Sydney Airport rejects AustralianSuper takeover

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2021
... attempting to buy the airport. Sydney Airport today announced to the ASX that it has received a revised and non-binding proposal and concluded that it was not in the best interests of security holders. The consortium - which is comprised of IFM Investors ...

EQT ups bid for Iress

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2021
... Iress board said it believes it is in the best interest of shareholders to engage further with EQT in relation to the proposal. "Iress directors intend, subject to entry to scheme implementation deed on acceptable terms, to unanimously recommend that ...

Government passes continuous disclosure changes

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021
... documents electronically. The government has proposed separate legislation to permanently allowed the above three. The proposal has been panned by investors and proxy advisers, but ASIC took a "no-action" position on virtual AGMs. Australian Institute ...

Super ASX dominance trends down: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021
Despite being among the prime targets of the government's recently launched inquiry into common ownership, new analysis from Rainmaker Information finds the share of the ASX held by superannuation funds is actually falling. In 2019, Rainmaker predicted ...

Super fund chair outlines future strategy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2021
Catholic Super and Equipsuper's Danny Casey has told Financial Standard of the funds' increased commitment to ESG and plans to double membership, as he settles into the role of chair. Speaking with Financial Standard just weeks after taking ...