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Equity Trustees, OnePath dominate choice heatmap failure

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023
A host of Equity Trustees and OnePath options once again dominated the worst-performing and most expensive Choice products in APRA's newly published heatmap results. Of the 407 options with an eight-year return history APRA analysed, 182 or 45% ...

Search funds beat VC, private equity returns

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023
... second," he says. He adds that investors who back less experienced chief executives are mainly looking for low-risk business options; "So not cyclical, you don't want anything commodity exposed, or anything exposed to the broader market." WayFinder Capital ...

Soul Patts gives $200m to Pengana offering

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2023
... credit have been growing at a rapid pace since 2008, there is a severe lack of exposure to global private credit investment options in Australia. "Many every-day investors aren't even aware of the size of this opportunity, purely because they have never ...

Purpose of pause to gather more data: RBA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2023
... meeting, where it decided to keep the cash rate at 3.6%, reveal the board extensively weighed economic impacts of both options. It said board members discussed the uncertainties surrounding the impact that historically rapid increase in interest rates ...

Brighter Super forges ahead with SFT

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 APR 2023
... that the industry fund model can deliver improved outcomes for retail fund members." Thirteen Suncorp Super investment options will remove the name "Suncorp Super" in the title but will still be available as options under Brighter Super. "All other investment ...

ASIC warns super funds on member communication failure

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023
... must provide clear call-centre transcripts for staff to discuss the performance failure or product closure and related options with members. They must also be more consistent on communicating performance results on their websites. "As the performance ...

Cut spending and raise taxes, super preservation age: Grattan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023
... Tax Benefit Part B for couples; an abolishing the Business Innovation and Investment Program visa. "There are no easy options for budget repair, but now is the right time to begin the heavy lifting. The combination of low unemployment and high inflation ...

Mercer Super names key executives

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2023
... Pacific investment chief Kylie Willment, Collocott will be responsible for the performance of the Mercer Super investment options and other Mercer diversified funds and provide broad leadership to the Pacific Investment Management team, Mercer said. ...

Lowe reinforces more hikes may come

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 APR 2023
... alternative institutional arrangements and non-monetary tools could offer solutions to contain high inflation. Albeit such options could present complex operational and governance challenges. "It's worth recalling that the task of controlling inflation ...

Consumer interests prioritised in YFYS review

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023
... employee onboarding processes, resulting in people being pulled out of quality funds and placed in high-fee, poor-performing options, often leading to the creation of costly duplicate accounts. However, he welcomed the ATO's announcement that it ...