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UniSuper on climate chopping block

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
... scientific and academic community work towards climate change solutions at this time of unprecedented bushfire crisis, their superfund is showing reckless disregard by investing their retirement savings in the companies causing the problem." "Instead ...

The secret to super outperformance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019
New research from the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) has revealed Australian superannuation funds that engage in responsible investing are outperforming their peers. The report looked at one, three and five-year time frames and ...

MLC Life appoints group insurance executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2019
MLC Life Insurance has appointed an executive lead to its group insurance business, recruiting from NSW Treasury. Andrea Forbes has joined MLC Life as executive lead - relationship management, group insurance. She joins from NSW Treasury where she was ...

ASIC bans SMSF business director

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
ASIC banned the director of a firm allowing people to illegally access their superannuation early to buy a home. The corporate regulator slapped Max David Goldenberg with an eight year ban from providing financial services and engaging in credit activities ...

Super sector needs to end culture war

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
Liberal Senator Andrew Bragg has again criticised what he called a "culture war" in the superannuation sector, saying the industry should refocus its energy on members. In his speech at the Rice Warner Symposium on Monday, Bragg condemned the lack of ...

AMP Capital revamps ethical super funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2019
AMP Capital announced a series of updates to its ethical superannuation funds - including a new name, enhanced screens and an industry-first advisory committee. Previously known as the AMP Capital Responsible Investments Leaders funds, the funds will ...

Ethical funds not ambitious enough: Future Super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
Future Super's new Impact Report has revealed two of the funds three investment options abates more carbon dioxide per investor than if that person were to go vegan and live car-free. Speaking to Financial Standard, Future Super founder and managing ...

APRA could oversee stalled super fund mergers

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2019
The financial services Royal Commission has suggested APRA's proposed new powers could be used to address stalled super fund mergers. The Parliament is currently waiting to pass a number of changes to the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act (SIS ...

Industry funds lead website experience

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
Industry superannuation funds are providing members a better website experience than retail funds but retail wins when it comes to retirement calculators, the latest digital engagement study finds. IQ Group's fifth annual study on digital engagement ...

Discriminatory bank regulation hits super savings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2018
... retirement incomes. "It has the additional advantage that it would remove the risk that, in the event of a bank collapse, superfund members would lose this part of their savings while ordinary depositors in the bank were protected," the centre said. ...