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Reform implementation timeframe too short: AustralianSuper

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
The Government's move to require superannuation trustees to stop providing opt-out insurance to new members under-25 or with low balance accounts by October 1 has riled Australia's largest fund. Airing the fund's position on the Government's ...

Super funds keen on alternatives managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
Alternatives managers continued to win the biggest slice of institutional mandates awarded in Australia in the year to March end, according to the latest Rainmaker Mandate Chaser report. Not-for-profit superannuation funds and investment managers handed ...

Platform provider divests advice firm

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
An ASX-listed platform provider has sold its 50% equity holding in a Queensland-based financial planning practice. Xplore Wealth has divested its holding in McGregor Wealth Management, signing an agreement to transfer its shareholding back to an entity ...

350 tax practitioners under investigation

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
The Tax Practitioners Board revealed 350 tax practitioners are currently under investigation for high risk behaviour. Those high risk behaviours include failing to meet personal tax obligations, over-claiming work-related expenses on behalf of clients ...

Irish pension funds reduce equity exposure

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
According to Mercer, Irish pension schemes are reducing their exposure to equities and diversifying into property, infrastructure and hedge funds instead. Mercer's 2019 European Asset Allocation survey also shows average equity allocations for Irish ...

BetaShares launches FTSE 100 ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
BetaShares has launched a new exchange-traded fund that will track the 100 largest UK companies traded on the London Stock Exchange. It started trading on the ASX this morning with the ticker code F100. The passive ETF will track the market cap weighted ...

Grattan Institute chief retires

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
Grattan Institute chief executive John Daley announced his retirement from the think-tank after a decade in the role. Daley will be stepping down from his position when his contract finishes in July 2020. Chair of Grattan Institute Alex Chernov said ...

Super fund invests through RateSetter

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
A superannuation fund has invested in renewable energy loans via peer-to-peer lender marketplace RateSetter. Future Super is investing $200,000 through the RateSetter platform to specifically fund renewable energy loans. RateSetter is a peer-to-peer ...

US bonds present ESG problem

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
Schroders' global head of stewardship believes ESG-focused investors should exercise caution before investing in US corporate bonds. Schroders global head of stewardship Jessica Ground told a media briefing in Sydney recently that some US corporate ...

Politicians dishonest about fraud: VOFF

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
Victims of Financial Fraud (VOFF) hit out at the Labor Party's treatment of the Trio fraud, claiming Australian politicians are "dishonest" when it comes to handling fraud conduct. In an open letter to Labor's newly minted Shadow Assistant Treasurer ...