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MySuper not the only problem: AIST

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
... underperformance across the industry was problematic, and adding Rice Warner research shows workers who stay in non-default (choice) funds could be up to $50,000 worse off on average. "In a compulsory super system, long term underperformance by any fund ...

Industry fund awards $125 million mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
... international equities mandate in December last year. Christian Super this week became the first Australian superannuation funds to sign the Principles of Impact Management launches in April this year, developed by the International Finance Corporation ...

Bennelong boutique scores first insto mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
... Bedingfield, who left Credit Suisse's real estate investment banking group. It partnered with multi-boutique Bennelong Funds Management in 2015 and launched its retail unit trust the next year, which has outperformed benchmark by 4.29% p.a. net of ...

AMP, HESTA, Hostplus lose out in ratings

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
... ratings in the lead up to Ethical Investment Week, with some surprising results. The co-op rates superannuation and investment funds by asking the individual advisers that make up the group to give each fund a rating out of five based on how likely they ...

Northern Trust to clear high-value payments

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
... greater real-time visibility of cash and is able to take direct responsibility for the accurate and timely receipt of client funds. This is a logical next step as we continue to build out our capabilities and out footprint in this strategic market." ...

Evidence of "pay to play" in US pension consulting

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
Top staff at investment advisory firms may have used political contributions to win mandates from public pension funds in the United States until 2011, a new research paper found. Pay to Play in Investment Management, a paper published by William Beggs ...

MLC Wealth adds to leadership team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
... products and platforms for Mercer Super Trust, Mercer Portfolio Service and third-party administration for corporate super funds. The appointment sees eight roles of MLC Wealth's 10-person executive team now filled. MLC Wealth chief executive Geoff ...

Super Consumers Australia launches, slams MySuper products

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
... retirement," he said. "It's an embarrassment that over 170,000 people are ending up in poor performing products with funds like BT, Mine Super and WA Local Government Super." He added that the super system should put people into products that will ...

Technology coming for advice jobs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
... suggest robo-advice is not the only channel through which the advice industry will be changed by technology. Superannuation funds will also have to change the ways they engage with members. According to the Rice Warner research: "Machine learning and ...

Calls for better drawdown rules

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
... accumulated for retirement are not to be drawn down during the retirement years," he said. The report outlines that superannuation funds are hindered from offering more tailored drawdown guidance due to concerns about regulatory constraints on providing ...