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Christian Super hires former Mercer executive

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022
... contribution the executive has made to the fund during his tenure. He pointed to a material strengthening of overall benchmark relative investment performance over all recent periods. Christian Super was in the top five single strategy MySuper funds ...

Positive hiring outlook for 2022: Research

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022
... benefit packages, and title changes." With more opportunities and enticing packages on offer, employers will need to benchmark their salaries to maintain their remuneration at or above market rates, or risk losing their preferred candidates to competing ...

YFYS could dampen ESG adoption: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2022
... willingness to trade off risk for ESG outcomes, Parametric said. Under the YFYS test, APRA constructs an individual benchmark for every product based on the product's asset allocation. Products that underperform their net investment return benchmark ...

Future Super hires operations chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 JAN 2022
Ethical superannuation fund Future Super has appointed a chief operating officer from Club Plus Super. David Barton was hired in the newly created position in December, wrapping up a similar role at Club Plus where he spent more than four years. Barton's ...

MySuper heatmap offers few surprises

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
The annual MySuper heatmap shows 45% of products delivered returns below benchmark this year but there are few surprises, with most being the same products that failed the performance test. The regulator has also shared which funds came close to failing ...

Choice products not so choice: APRA

CHLOE WALKER, KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
... worst-performing option based on a seven-year period, delivering just 2.25% p.a. and falling short of 2.55% from its benchmark. A slew of OnePath options failed egregiously. OnePath's OA Frontier - OnePath Tax Effective Income returned 5.35% p.a. ...

SSGA creates regional ESG role

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2021
State Street Global Advisors appointed a sustainable investing specialist from CareSuper to a newly created position. Based in Melbourne, Xinting Jia joins as environmental, social and governance investment strategist for the Asia Pacific region. She ...

Fidelity launches active ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2021
... portfolio managers Aneta Wynimko, Alex Gold, and Oliver Hextall. Since inception, it has returned 18.4% per annum while its benchmark achieved 16.4% p.a. Some of the top holdings the managed fund invests in include Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, Apple ...

Majority of Aussie fund categories underperform: Data

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2021
... persistence in top-performing funds across three- and five-year periods. While comparing active funds against their respective benchmark indices is a typical practice to evaluate their performance, S&P said persistence is an additional test that can ...

APRA tells Christian Super to merge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2021
With just $2 billion in assets, Christian Super has been told by the prudential regulator that it must merge by 31 July 2022 following persistent underperformance. APRA has imposed additional licence conditions on the super fund in order to protect ...