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Sunsuper, QSuper members ask for better climate disclosures

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021
About 200 members from Sunsuper and QSuper have written to the funds, asking them to disclose holdings in thermal coal, among other climate change risks. The two funds are set to merge this year, creating a $200 billon fund with over 600,000 members. ...

Ausbil adds to mFund lineup

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021
Ausbil Investment Management has added three funds to its mFunds offering, taking the total to 12. The manager today added Ausbil Australian SmallCap Fund (ASX: AXW13), Ausbil Global Essential Infrastructure Fund in unhedged (ASX: AXW12) and hedged ...

Hostplus wins mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021
... the latter closes its doors after 33 years. AUSfund, which was set up as a fund for unclaimed or dormant superannuation funds, is owned by an Industry Fund Services subsidiary. IFS employed a small team of investments staff who invested AUSfund's ...

Praemium expands distribution footprint

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021
... investment in sales over the last two years to support the growing base of advice firms." Praemium reported a 69% jump in funds under administration to $34.3 billion for its Australian platform for the half-year to December 2020. Net-profit after tax ...

Instos seek unique alternatives

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021
... a first mover... It works often, but not all the time. Once you get the reputation as someone who's willing to seed new funds and take cornerstone arrangements, then you get known for that, and everyone who wants to launch something new gives you the ...

Increase to super contribution cap

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021
... superannuation, financial services and the digital economy Jane Hume said. Concessional contributions are made to super funds before tax and taxed at a rate of 15% inside super funds. The cap for non-concessional contributions, which are made to super ...

Mercer names chief financial officer

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021
... controller at Vicinity Centres. Prior to this, O'Brien was an associate director at Macquarie Group in Macquarie Capital Funds for over four years. She takes over from McKeown who was in the role for over three years and at Mercer for over a decade. ...

Spirit Super drops fees after merger

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
... members. In the lead up to the merger, Tasplan switched its MySuper product from lifecycle to single-strategy, and both funds raised their insurance premiums. MTAA increased its group insurance premiums twice; and Tasplan increased its income protection ...

MySuper fees could halve in 10 years

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
... international pension fund counterparts. New Zealand's KiwiSaver averaged 0.90% for the same period, US Public Sector retirement funds charged 0.55%, UK's Nest charged 0.51% while Sweden AP National Funds charged 0.15%. On the brighter side ...

Vanguard targeted in bond fund scam

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
Vanguard is the latest fund manager to have its branding used by scammers spruiking fraudulent bond funds. The asset manager said scammers are buying advertisements on search engines for terms relating to "bond or high yield investments". When a person ...