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Colonial First State debuts 'major wealth platform innovation'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
Colonial First State (CFS) has unveiled its new CFS Edge wrap platform, calling it the first major Australian wealth platform market innovation in the last decade. At a platform preview in Sydney last night, CFS chief executive, superannuation Kelly ...

Private market investment impediments not insurmountable: Frontier

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2022
Frontier's ' Super in the Economy ' report says super funds haven't invested more capital into private markets because of the Your Future, Your Super (YFYS) performance test and that there are opportunities to create further investment in the sector. ...

New rules on the way for BNPL sector

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2022
The government is looking to implement stricter regulation for the buy now, pay later industry, releasing an options paper for consultation. According to minister for financial services Stephen Jones, the number of active BNPL accounts grew from five ...

Super funds told to report asset valuations more frequently

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2022
APRA has released updated guidance on investment governance for superannuation trustees. The update, which comes into effect in January of next year, is designed to assist trustees in meeting their requirements under the recently strengthened Prudential ...

Super is enabling private market democratisation: PGIM

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2022
Superannuation funds are playing a huge role in democratising private markets, making them more accessible to retail investors, PGIM vice president, head of thematic research Shehriyar Antia told Financial Standard. "Until recently, private markets ...

YFYS manipulation leaves members worse off: ISA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2022
Industry Super Australia (ISA) says the Your Future, Your Super performance test results show many poor performing super funds, particularly retail, have gamed the system, leaving members worse off. "Dud super funds manipulate fees and reclassify investment ...

Spirit Super farewells chair, names successor

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2022
Naomi Edwards will depart the fund after 12 years on the board, to be replaced by investment and superannuation veteran Maria Wilton. Edwards was Tasplan's chair since 2011, continuing in the role following its merger with MTAA Super. Edwards' ...

APRA proposes changes to successor fund transfers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2022
APRA has released a discussion paper that outlines proposals to ensure trustees prepare for, manage, and execute successor fund transfers more smoothly, and efficiently. APRA's proposals have been prompted by heightened transfer activity in the industry ...

Rest extends custody mandate with State Street

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2022
Following a review, State Street will continue to provide custodial services for the next three years. The mandate includes back office and custody services, accounting, unit pricing, performance, and analytics. As well as, tax and regulatory reporting ...

ASIC welcomes second ASX market resilience consultation

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2022
ASIC has welcomed the latest ASX industry consultation on improving market resilience, following the exchange's outage in November 2020. The consultation paper covers potential future ASX capabilities to enhance market resilience, with submissions to ...