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How YFYS test will change currency investments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
... Superannuation Trustees (AIST) ASI 2021 conference has discussed how the Your Future, Your Super test and ESG will change funds' approaches to currency. QIC head of currency Stuart Simmons said super funds could be getting more out of currency hedging ...

ETF use grows in SMSFs

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
The take-up of exchange traded funds (ETFS) in self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) is on a steady rise, almost matching the proportion invested in managed funds. The latest Class Annual Benchmark Report: SMSF Resilience in a time of constant change ...

Should super funds consider crypto assets?

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
Superannuation funds that dismiss crypto assets are at risk of underperforming, the AIST ASI Conference has heard. This is according to Genesis Block managing director Chloe White, who spoke at an Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees 2021 ...

HGL relaunches fund to wholesale investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
... and brought it into the group as a wholly owned and managed fund manager. Supervised Investments had over $10 million in funds under management at the time. Joseph Constable is the portfolio manager of the rebranded fund. He has been with Supervised ...

Short-termism damaging climate outcomes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... expansion plans if they cannot offset emissions. "If you don't get it right, it won't just be investors and super funds coming after you... You will have a plethora of court cases to address, and you will lose your social license to operated," ...

Transition to renewables trumps divestment

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... spending [and] we also have better metrics around green revenues in the solution side," she said. The number of superannuation funds committing to net zero shows no signs of abating, but it does mean that there are challenges ahead. Also on the panel ...

Cracking the data science code

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
The funds management industry is at risk of getting left behind if it does not adopt data science and machine learning. A panel at this afternoon's Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees 2021 Conference hosted by State Super chief investment ...

ABPs alone won't meet retirement income covenant: Knox

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
Mercer's David Knox says super funds won't be able to meet the Retirement Income Covenant's requirements via account-based pensions alone and will have to look at other solutions. The government's latest guidance on the Retirement Income ...

How will members respond to the YFYS test results?

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... receive a letter from their superannuation fund saying it failed a recent performance test. Whether or not members of failing funds will start switching when they read the letters is a key question for at least 13 funds. "It seems to me that the way ...

APRA leaves door open for benchmark tweaks

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... indices that are used." As an example, she cited the indices for unlisted assets, which drew censure from many superannuation funds and their consultants. "We know it [index for unlisted assets] is not perfect," she said. "When we put out our heatmap ...