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Superhero launches super offering

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2021
... superannuation is invested," Superhero co-founder and chief executive John Winters said. "A lack of transparency and investment choice has left younger Australians feeling disengaged with their super despite being very engaged in other areas of their ...

Demand soars for global equities ETFs

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2021
... analysis by the Australian Securities Exchange and Vanguard, which found that global equity ETFs were the asset class of choice for Australian investors. Aussie equity ETFs on the other hand saw $1.5 billion of inflows, 69% lower than global equities. ...

Copia launches impact fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021
... institutional relationships across Australia." The performance objective of the fund is to outperform the MSCI All Country World Index NTR AUD by at least 2% per annum after fees, over three-year periods. Copia will seek to have the fund rated.

BlackRock unifies offering, rejigs executives

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
... Jolly added: "It's exciting to see clients across the region increasingly turning to BlackRock to be their partner of choice for iShares ETFs as portfolio building blocks and whole portfolio solutions."

AMP adds partnered portfolios to MyNorth

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
... AMP Australia's director of wealth distribution Nicole Mahan said. "We are committed to making MyNorth the platform of choice for all advisers and their clients." Western Australia-based advice practice Blueprint Wealth is one of the firms to launch ...

IOOF awards $23bn passive mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
... last year, IOOF found itself in need of a new manager for the OneAnswer suite of index funds. These, alongside the Smart Choice and OnePath ranges, will transfer to Invesco early next month. IOOF said all changes will occur at the underlying asset level ...

Raiz acquires superannuation platform

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2021
ASX-listed Raiz will pay $9.5 million to acquire a firm with a $70 million Choice superannuation fund. Raiz is set to buy Superestate, whose business includes superannuation, a residential property fund, and a property data platform. Under the deal ...

MySuper fees could halve in 10 years

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
... Nest charged 0.51% while Sweden AP National Funds charged 0.15%. On the brighter side, nearly 164 superannuation products (choice as well as MySuper) available in Australia lowered their fees in the six months ending January 2021. A much smaller number ...

Pension plan sued for expensive, active strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... two suites indicates that the Index suite is and has been a far superior option, and consequently the more appropriate choice for the plan," they said. If due diligence was conducted, members could have saved US$2.74 million in costs. "Of the 29 Fidelity ...

HNW platform adds Europe ESG strategy

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
... sophisticated clients. In products, it focuses on structured products and thematic strategies. Last month it hired Mortgage Choice general manager of distribution David Zammit to its board. Zammit was previously Citi's head of banking and wealth ...