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Actuaries Institute releases retirement policy review

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
... lifetime income stream, like annuity, pension or pooled longevity products. This is a method that has been used by some funds already including QSuper, Cbus, Sunsuper and BUSQ. Conversely, it wants disincentives (above a threshold) for retirees who take ...

80% of instos find sustainability difficult

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
... investors are also concerned about greenwashing, with 62% citing it as a major challenge to sustainable investing. The kind of funds Aussie instos want to invest in appear to differ from their global counterparts. The survey found 47% of global investors ...

Charter Hall profit, inflows rise

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
Charter Hall's net profit grew 37.8% to $476.8 million while the group's managed funds grew by 29% in its full-year results. Charter Hall's revenue rose 20.6% to $668 million and recorded operating earnings of $284.3 million. Managed funds grew by $11.7 ...

Bragg renews calls for Future Fund to manage super

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021
... words, a model where all superannuation is managed by a government agency, employer defaults cease to exist, and all super funds only offer choice products. "Under the proposed model, individuals will enter chosen superannuation funds by opting out of ...

Super unit boosts Equity Trustees performance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021
... superannuation client wins in the last financial year saw the business unit more than triple its assets. The superannuation business' funds grew from $11.2 billion to $33.6 billion year on year. It now provides trustee services to more than 600,000 members ...

Best fixed interest funds revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021
... tough environment for managers, Rainmaker research reveals the best performing Australian and international fixed interest funds. Considering wholesale international fixed interest funds' returns on a three-year basis, Rainmaker found that First Sentier ...

World Pension Alliance condemns COVID early release

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021
... of pension savings intended to provide retirement income without repayment will undermine the retirement security those funds are intended to provide," Scheerlinck said. "This will only aggravate the situation of these workers in their old age, since ...

Perpetual hires distribution lead, ramps up expansion

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021
... Australian-based investment teams, with many of our capabilities recording their best year since inception and all of our funds performing above their respective benchmarks," Adams said. Perpetual earned performance fees of $20.7 million, up from $17.3 ...

APRA issues guidance on lifecycle products for performance test

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2021
... (potentially underperforming) MySuper and opens a similar but new product to get around the performance test. It also wants funds that have had multiple MySuper products to use actual returns versus blended returns of the products, clearly identifying ...

Moelis Australia reports record results

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2021
... executives Julian Biggins and Chris Wyke said. "In particular, the strong and growing inflows into our asset management funds are a result of many years of investment in our distribution platform and investment strategies. Our corporate advisory & equities ...