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Performance test expansion paused as government announces review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2022
Treasury has halted the extension of the Your Future, Your Super (YFYS) performance test beyond MySuper products for 12 months while conducting a review of the laws. Minister for financial services Stephen Jones announced that the review will commence ...

TWUSUPER awards bond mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2022
... investors, particularly in light of the market environment and research we undertook with NMG Consulting around the impact of YFYS reforms on super funds," he added. "With investors facing new challenges from slowing economic growth momentum and persistent ...

APRA sheds light on YFYS Performance Test

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2022
The prudential regulator has clarified Canberra's Your Future, Your Super performance test by adding new answers to its website. The test applies from July 2021, to My Super products and from July 2022 to trustee-directed products. APRA said it ...

NGS to reduce emissions 35% in three years

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2022
... acceptable to the fund." The current goals and targets were developed while considering the impact of Your Future Your Super (YFYS), but Squires said the 2025 target introduces a minimal level of tracking error to the portfolio. "We would be totally ...

Labor vows to review YFYS test

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2022
... conference yesterday, the shadow minister for financial services and superannuation vowed to review the Your Future, Your Super (YFYS) performance test if elected, citing "unintended and negative consequences" for ESG investing. Minister Stephen Jones ...

YFYS changed how funds invest: JPMAM

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2022
... fund chief investment officers, heads of investment strategy and asset consultants and asked how they are responding to the YFYS performance test in their investment decision-making. Their answers revealed that while chief investment officers are not ...

Schroders launches new fund, wins mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2022
... Schroder Global Active Allocation Fund for institutional investors is a multi-asset portfolio focused on outperforming the YFYS benchmark applied to alternative investments and strategies by 1-2% a year, before fees, over rolling three-year periods ...

Private debt and YFYS: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2022
... benchmark by up to 4% per annum over a 19-year period. Australian private debt would fall under the Australian fixed interest YFYS performance benchmark, which uses the BACM0 Bloomberg Ausbond Composite 0+ Yr Index as the benchmark and permits 10bps ...

YFYS could dampen ESG adoption: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2022
... from Parametric shows. Parametric's analysis focused on super fund portfolio tracking error, which is a key driver of YFYS performance test outcomes, taking into account two of the most popular environmental, social and governance practices - screening ...

What you read in 2021

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
... branding for the merged entity - you'll also find detailed coverage of this further down. 4) Results out: 13 funds fail YFYS performance test The results of the inaugural performance test came out at August end and, while there were few surprises ...