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Super funds not ready for IDR

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2021
An ASIC survey of super funds about their preparedness for the new enforceable internal dispute resolution (IDR) obligations identified areas of weakness. The specific areas identified by the regulator as needing improvement include attention to governance ...

Aware Super to offload farm assets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
The $140 billion super fund is readying to sell a significant agriculture portfolio, comprising cropping assets and water entitlements in Victoria. Aware Super will commence the sale process of its Lake Boga agribusiness portfolio, including one of ...

How will members respond to the YFYS test results?

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... Technology senior lecturer Elisabeth Sinnewe says some members may be lulled into a bad choice about superannuation when they read the performance test results. Sinnewe discussed the behavioural aspects of consumer choices, especially when they receive ...

Forrest pitches a green Fortescue to super funds

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
In his keynote address at the AIST's investment conference, Andrew Forrest said Fortescue is ready to go green by 2030 and it's the best opportunity for super funds to get exposure to green hydrogen. He said Fortescue will release its scope ...

Departures continue at AMP Capital MAG

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
Another portfolio manager has left AMP Capital for a $3.2 billion Sydney investment firm, as the latter readies a new fund. Fiona Manning joined Apostle Funds Management on August 30 as a portfolio manager for a soon-to-be launched fund, the Apostle ...

Economic recap: Week to August 27

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
All talk and still no taper (yet). Along with the declaration of "mission accomplished" in the planet's war against the COVID-19 pandemic, the Fed's annual Kansas City Fed's Jackson Hole symposium is the most widely anticipated event of ...

ASX outage result of process failures, disagreement

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
Following an independent review on a major trading glitch last November, the Australian Securities Exchange has come out relatively unscathed. The joint investigation by ASIC, the Reserve Bank of Australia and IBM into the implementation of the Nasdaq ...

Economic recap: Week to August 20

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
The continued spread of the Delta variant in most parts of the world - even in New Zealand despite being locked down after only one case - and reduced vaccine efficacy - as demonstrated by the rise in infections in Israel (one of the very first country ...

APRA expands life insurance data reporting

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021
... entities, APRA will formally need to consult on any such proposals at that time with industry," the letter APRA sent to insurers read. Other stakeholders were concerned about APRA publishing explanations from individual insurers as it may result in releasing ...

Super fund portfolio disclosure consultation reopens

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2021
Senator Jane Hume has opened another consultation on how superannuation funds disclose their portfolio holdings as part of the Your Future, Your Super reforms. This specific piece of the Your Future, Your Super legislation covers how members' holdings ...