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Super fund member meetings under the spotlight

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2021
Superannuation funds need to lift their game when it comes to annual member meetings as ASIC found that many should be giving members a better opportunity to have their voices heard. While the the corporate regulator did not identify significant failures ...

Former QIC managing director joins Northleaf

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021
... O'Connor said he is excited to be developing Northleaf's presence in Australia. Globally, Northleaf has about $23 billion in funds under management across private equity, private credit, and infrastructure commitments. "This is a unique opportunity to ...

Bitcoin fund hires from IFM

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021
... executive Jeff Yew said. "Derek will add valuable insights and leadership with his legal and compliance expertise in finance, funds management, and the digital asset industry." Henningsen added: "Monochrome chief executive Jeff Yew is a proven leader ...

Contango appoints two distribution leads

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021
... is the new head of distribution, joining the Contango group in July. He is the former head of distribution of Bennelong Funds Management, serving in the role between July 2008 and April 2017. After that, he led distribution efforts at Totus Capital and ...

Colonial First State adds to board

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021
... joining the boards as a non-executive, independent director. She is currently a director at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). She was most recently executive director at Mercer Australia and Mercer Financial Advice. Her roles ...

Bennelong launches emerging markets strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021
A Bennelong Funds Management affiliate is launching its emerging markets fund to Australian investors. The Skerryvore Global Emerging Markets All-Cap Equity Fund aims to generate absolute long-term returns by investing responsibly in emerging markets. ...

Rest closes basic cash option

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2021
... the one-year return to March end was 0.86%. The basic cash option had about $159 million in total assets. Superannuation funds reported a median return of 18.1% for the 12 months ending June, and 7.9% p.a. over three years for workplace default options ...

UK pension funds commit to manager diversity

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2021
Some of the UK's biggest pension funds have committed to tackling the lack of diversity in funds management. The Asset Owner Diversity Working Group has launched the Asset Owner Diversity Charter, which aims to "build and investment industry which embodies ...

Six Park lowers minimum investment to $2k

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2021
... four ETFs - a subset of the globally diversified ETFs used in Six Park's standard portfolios. Once clients reach $5000 the funds are traded into a full portfolio across eight ETFs. All clients with account balances under $5000 will pay $6.25 in fees ...

Lifecycle MySuper outperforms single strategy

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2021
Lifecycle MySuper was a better bet than single strategy default funds for members below 40 years of age in FY21 as the equity markets rebounded after COVID, according to Rainmaker Information. Rainmaker's Lifecycle Index beat its Single Strategy MySuper ...