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Qantas Super introduces passive option, drops fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2021
The $9 billion corporate superannuation fund is launching a passive investment option to members tomorrow, while also reducing administration fees and the amount it contributes to its defined benefit pool. From tomorrow, Qantas Super members will be ...

EOFY tips for advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2021
Financial advisers should keep in mind some valuable tax breaks for their businesses as the 2021 financial year comes to a close. H&R Block director of tax communications Mark Chapman told Financial Standard temporary full expensing (TLE) is one tax ...

Fitzpatricks bolsters Victorian presence

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2021
Fitzpatricks Private Wealth has appointed a Victorian regional manager to expand its presence in the state. Daniel Proietto will step into the position, after most recently working as an independent business consultant, advising investment managers ...

UK pension funds pushed to merge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
... demonstrate a clear link between fund size and returns. Still, minister for pensions Guy Opperman said: "There is no doubt in my mind that there must be further consolidation in the occupational defined contribution (DC) pensions market. This is the ...

LGIAsuper to rebrand

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2021
... completed. Working out the $26.6 billion fee to Suncorp for the acquisition was in the best interests of members was "a bit mind-bending" Farrar said, admitting she did a five-way benefits matrix looking at member benefits over about 12 different dimensions. ...

Putting the local property boom in perspective

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
Knight Frank's latest global house prices index has provided a bit of perspective on the red hot residential property markets of Australia's capital cities. There was a 7.3% average change in prices across 56 countries and territories, with Turkey experiencing ...

Lessons from GPIF: Mizuno

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
The former chief investment officer of the world's largest pension fund is imploring asset owners to take climate policy matters into their own hands if their governments are unwilling to do so. Speaking at the Morningstar Investment Conference, United ...

Advisers filter clients via ethical lens

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2021
The rise of ethically minded financial advisers has reached the point where clients have been sacked because they do not align with their values. This is according to Zurich risk strategy specialist Adam Crabbe, who is seeing a shift in the emergence ...

Aussies regret ERS withdrawals: AIST poll

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
Nearly seven in 10 Australians who dipped into their superannuation during COVID-19 are concerned the decision has made them less financially secure, according to a poll from the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees. AIST also says one in ...

Media Super ups fees, premiums

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021
... members have been doing it tough lately, which is why we're actively pursuing growth opportunities with your best interests in mind," Media Super said in a notice to members. "We expect our planned merger with Cbus to deliver benefits through increased ...