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ESG options outperform in the short term: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
... super funds, found Equip's MyFuture Sustainable Responsible Investments (14.1%) topped the 12-month performance table to May 2019, as well as the three-year period (11.9%). Over the short term, Australian Ethical's Super Employer - Advocacy (12%) ...

Industry funds surge ahead in satisfaction

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
... their members are with their fund's financial performance over the last 12 months, according to latest Roy Morgan research. In May last year, 62% of industry fund members said they were very or fairly satisfied with their fund's financial performance ...

Top performing ESG options revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2019
... discourse, Dunnin said. "It is also important to consider that ESG is uniquely defined by the product providers. Each provider may have a different view on ESG principles compared to the investors and what they deem to be socially or environmentally ...

Super fund proxy voting behaviour revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
... demands of companies." ACCR is urging Australian super funds to support shareholder proposals at Chevron and Exxon Mobil on May 29. Earlier this month, shareholders in Exxon, including the Church of England and the New York State Retirement Fund, said ...

NZ$5 trillion investor group supports Christchurch Call

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... mitigate the risk of such content being spread through livestreaming. The tech companies also promised to review algorithms that may drive users towards or amplify terrorist content. Governments who agree to the call will commit to enforcing laws that ...

Should super funds segregate pension assets?

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
... pension liabilities. Williams says super funds have traditionally chased scale benefit from pooling investments but segregation may deliver benefits, many of which are not quantifiable. On the quantifiable end, for example, a separate pool of pension ...

Super funds hungry for global stocks, alternatives

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
... downward trend in fixed income mandates is unexpected given sentiment surrounding the global economic environment. But it may be that super fund trustees and their investment committees are already factoring in the rebounds notwithstanding equities mandates ...

Indigenous super access needs improvement

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2019
... customer identifies as an ATSI, the bank will follow AUSTRAC's guidance on identification and verification. These problems may be addressed at least in part by amending the 2019 Banking Code, Hayne wrote. ASIC senior analyst of the Indigenous Outreach ...

Women-led super funds continue to shine

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
... than average female representation in leadership earned 8.7% and 7.6% over the same periods. While an extra 40 basis points may seem small over a year, it could actually add an extra 11% or $55,000 to the average working member's retirement savings ...

Industry funds dominate member satisfaction

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
... that with market fluctuations they are subject to regular changes or re-ranking," Morris said. "This means that consumers may choose the top fund one day only to have it slide down the ranking. We have seen this happen with our satisfaction ratings ...