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Bravura appoints head of Sonata Alta

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... digital-first Business Processes as a Service (BPaaS) operating model, delivering contracted business process outcomes to enterprise funds of scale. The firm said Kennedy will lead a team across compliance, technology, and operations to deliver the Sonata ...

Market momentum to continue: ASI Conference

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
Superannuation funds have experienced a year of stellar returns and it is set to continue with the risk of a correction unlikely in the short-term. Speaking on a panel at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) ASI 2021 conference ...

Equip strengthens executive team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... Rest and LUCRF Super. The appointment is part of Equip and Catholic Super's overall goal of reaching $50 billion in funds under management by 2025. Equip currently has about $17.6 billion while Catholic Super has about $11 billion. Equip chief executive ...

Results out: 13 funds fail YFYS performance test

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
Big names like Colonial First State's FirstChoice, BT Super and Christian Super are among the 13 superannuation funds that failed APRA's inaugural performance test. In all, APRA tested 76 MySuper products in this round, of which 13 failed. This ...

Buy-sell spreads higher for active and diversified ETFs: Rainmaker

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
... varies vastly by types of ETFs. The highest buy-sell spreads are seen across active ETFs (median spread of 44bps) and hedge funds (38 bps), while cash products have the lowest number at 2bps median. The third-highest buy-sell spreads were seen across ...

Realside Financial Group adds to team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
... financial services across a portfolio which included SCA Property Group, Home Consortium, Altis Property Partners, Fortius Funds Management, Mapletree and Aqualand. Katrina Christie has been appointed as client investment solutions director. She spent ...

Antares hires from Dimensional

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
... desk which has over $8 billion in assets under management. Prior to Dimensional, she spent five years at Macquarie Group in funds management. "We are delighted to welcome Gillian to the team. She brings deep, hands-on fixed income portfolio management ...

Consumer group slams super self-assessments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
Super Consumers Australia has slammed super funds' member outcomes assessments (MOAs), finding several funds claiming to be acting in members' best interests even when fees are high and performance is lacklustre. Super Consumers Australia looked ...

Plan to increase competitiveness of managed funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
The federal government is rolling out its plan to increase the international competitiveness of Australia's managed funds sector. Treasury will begin consultation on finalising its Corporate Collective Investment Vehicles (CCIVs) regime. According to ...

Maritime Super criticises unfair YFYS test

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
... Standard, Maritime Super chief executive Peter Robertson said the retrospective nature of the test is a disservice to super funds that have proactively sought to do better for members. It is also at odds with the decades-old disclaimer the industry is ...