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APRA 'continuing to monitor' UniSuper outage

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024
... recent years it has become increasingly clear that in many cases member services provided by superannuation funds are falling short of these expectations. In particular, we have observed that services are too often slow, unresponsive, and not member ...

Discover the best performing asset class of 2023: Mercer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024
... markets are inherently volatile. "We can never predict with a high degree of confidence what the future will hold over the short to medium-term," Mercer said. "Therefore, for most individuals, the power of investing may well be harnessed through securing ...

AMP launches alternative debt fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2024
... flexible credit solutions with a wide remit to take advantages of opportunities in Special Situations, Distressed Credit, Short-Term and Long-Term opportunistic lending. AMP said the new fund's allocation will be spearheaded by AMP's private markets ...

ASIC clamps down on advisers, trustees cold calling

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2024
Financial advisers, licensees, and superannuation trustees are facing the ire of ASIC after an investigation found they are profiting from boiler room tactics that convince members to switch funds. An overwhelming number of members are goaded into leaving ...

Performance test needs better metrics, durability

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2024
... more funds to focus more on the passive management side and reduces more of that active management. It also encourages more short-term investment decisions as funds are now actively managing the performance test, they're more looking from a horizon ...

Former Diverger managing director joins VBP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024
David Carney is stepping back from managing Vital Business Partners (VBP), appointing Nathan Jacobsen to take over as chief executive. Carney co-founded VBP in 2013, leading it as chief executive ever since. Now, he has decided to step back from the ...

Poor investment governance costly for asset owners, members: KPMG, Frontier

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024
... return, risk, peers, regulatory benchmarks, and ESG. Moreover, 33% of those surveyed feel there is too much focus on the short-term - and the long-term maximum benefit may not be the sum of a series of short-term time periods. Interestingly the top challenges ...

Treasury shakes up foreign investing framework

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024
Treasury is promising to make Australia a better investment hub for foreigners as it lays out comprehensive reforms to make the system "stronger, more streamlined, and more transparent". Treasurer Jim Chalmers today released an updated foreign investment ...

Vanguard Super lowers fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024
Vanguard Super is reducing its annual administration fees off the back of strong investment performance and its short time in the market. All members will see annual administration fee go from 0.35% to 0.33% per year and the admin fee cap lower from ...

Perpetual confirms KKR acquisition talk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2024
Following media reports and a short trading halt, Perpetual this morning confirmed it is in exclusive discussions with KKR over the acquisition of its Corporate Trust and Wealth Management arms. Over the weekend, the AFR reported KKR is set to acquire ...