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AMP Capital Ethical Leaders dropped by another super fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... Balanced Fund in the short-term. In March 2020 the AMP Capital Ethical Leaders Balanced Fund had just under $1 billion in funds under management, as of December the fund reported $435 million in FUM. Mercy Super pulled its mandate from the fund on 15 ...

ERS disproportionately impacted women

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... engagement Deborah Potts said. "The best advice we can give to our members who were impacted, is to seek financial advice. Many funds such as Rest offer online advice tools and services, as well as learning centers to help educate their members on how ...

No more easy 6% returns: Fidelity

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... repercussions of this are only beginning to be felt, with strategic asset allocations for institutional investors like super funds shifting to keep up. "Thinking about the defensive portion of our investors' portfolios - if you buy car insurance or home ...

OpenMarkets raises $10m, moves up ranks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... in annualised volume. From February 2020 to February 2021, monthly trading volume increased 228%, OpenMarkets said, while funds under administration went up 111% in the year to March.

APRA calls out poor group insurance practices

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2021
... casting doubt over the future viability of insurance provided via superannuation. APRA recently wrote to superannuation funds and life insurers, criticising a list of practices that are resulting in poor outcomes for members, and fearing that history ...

Link faces another lawsuit

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2021
... the demise of the WEIF/LF Equity Income Fund since 2016 when it began underperforming and investors requested to yank out funds. It garnered global attention in 2019 when its fund manager Neil Woodford made a YouTube apology for its poor performance ...

Equity Trustees wins super trustee mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2021
... will use Equity Trustees Superannuation Limited as its independent trustee. Aracon is a master plan whose sub-plans include funds like Elevate Super, Fairvine and Oracle. Aracon Superannuation was initially owned by ARA Consultants, who sold it to Xplore ...

Women don't own fair share of super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2021
... stark gender gap in superannuation savings. Despite making up half of the population, women only own roughly 40% of the funds under management in super - equating to approximately $1.2 trillion. Rainmaker found that super's gender inequality is present ...

BetaShares eyes expansion with new shareholder

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
... BetaShares currently has 57 ETFs listed on the ASX and a total FUM of $16 billion. It has been the first mover in many listed funds such as its shorting ETFs BEAR and BBOZ that were traded heavily during the pandemic. Vynokur declined to comment on changes ...

Funds announce chief ahead of merger

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
... funds' boards have agreed on who will be chief executive. LGIAsuper chief executive Kate Farrar will lead the merged funds from 1 July 2021. The merger of LGIAsuper and Energy Super will see the funds continue to operate under their existing brands ...