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ASIC succeeds in conflicted remuneration case

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
... property through them using their SMSF. The corporate regulator brought the civil penalty proceedings against RM Capital in mid-2019, estimating that the SMSF Club accepted more than $730,000 in conflicted remuneration from the referral agreement. The ...

Best default super funds revealed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
... returns of 9.6% and 7.2% over one and three years, respectively. Following its merger with Mine Super, expected to complete by mid-2024, TWUSUPER will rebrand as Team Super. Brighter Super also stood out, securing second and third places with returns ...

Low investor demand sees equities funds wound up

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
... funds under management. The fund was established in April 2012 and tracks the S&P/ASX 200 Total Return Index, investing in mid- and large-cap stocks. It has a three-year annualised return of 6.16% versus the benchmark's 9.56%. Meantime, the Paradice ...

Blackwattle Partners launches global fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
... focus for the fund manager since last year. Already, Blackwattle has five funds including the Small Cap Quality Fund, the Mid Cap Quality Fund, the Long-Short 130/30 Quality Fund, the Large Cap Quality Fund, and the Small Cap Long-Short Quality Fund. ...

Large-cap equity funds continue underperformance: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
... low - 19% in 2018 and 20% in 2023 - which is below the average of 22% for the long-term period between 2007 and 2023. In the mid-to-small-cap space, 64% of actively managed funds beat the index which gained 7.8% in 2023. Meanwhile, active bond managers ...

Long-term cost of super early release to be $85bn: SMC

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
... amount released, the SMC said. According to the SMC, costs will peak at $2.5 billion per annum (in today's dollars) in the mid-2060s when the last of those who accessed the scheme, currently aged in their 20s, begin to retire and qualify for the Age ...

Rest awards impact mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024
Rest is $150 million closer to reaching its impact investment target after allocating to a listed equity fund. Rest has invested in an international listed equities strategy run by Ninety-One, which "aims to achieve long-term total returns by investing ...

Pay gaps at super funds, fund managers revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024
The median gender pay gap on base salaries across financial services is 23.6%, according to the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA), with individual employer pay gaps reported for the first time as part of the government's strategy to solve ...

Risk, compliance staff in hot demand

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
With regulatory demands showing no signs of slowing in 2024, experienced risk and compliance professionals remain hot property. According to Kaizen Recruitment director Amanda Chisholm, factors like RG97, the Financial Accountability Regime, regulators' ...

Economists share their top left field ideas for 2024

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2024
Some of the nation's leading economists shared their Factor-X - also known as an X-factor - for the year ahead at this morning's Chief Economists Forum in Sydney, led by the man who coined the term, industry veteran Don Stammer. Appearing at his 18 ...