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Pension fund giant mandates Fidelity

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... world's largest pension funds since 2002. It had US$1.4 trillion in 2017, making it 36% larger than the second fund in the rankings, the Norwegian government's pension fund. The Japanese pension fund returned 6.90% in during FY17. Its domestic ...

Responsible investing rises on advice agenda

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018
... Separately, the research house has started measuring the brand impact and footprint of fund managers in Australia. It said the rankings reflect the strength of a fund managers' brand profile relative to its peers within 10 key attributes, accounting ...

We must do better: ASFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
... me to see so much complacency," Easson said. Acknowledging that Australia's super system dropped in recent global rankings in terms of adequacy and sustainability, Easson said ASFA will recommence advocacy for increasing the superannuation guarantee ...

AustralianSuper changes property option

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018
... balanced option was the highest-returning among peers over the last year, the fund slips to 38th position in property option rankings, SelectingSuper data shows. It returned 7.5% in the year ending September. By contrast, the top performer in property ...

Aussies second-most optimistic about retirement: SSGA

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... 9400 respondents' self-reported levels of happiness against how their country's retirement system fare on global rankings such as the Mercer Index and OECD. Research found a disparity between the two. Australia ranked three on OECD data, second ...

Legal woes continue for super fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
... strategy. A key responsibility of the role is to ensure that Rest rates highly in relevant responsible investing industry rankings, the job advert reads. The next hearing in the matter will be held in Sydney on Tuesday, October 9.

Advisers divided over health programs

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2018
... their main life insurer as 'very good' compared with 47% in 2017. ClearView took out top spot in overall satisfaction rankings for the second year in a row, while also leading the field in another six out of 12 categories measured. AIA Australia and ...

Finance sector in top three for giving: Report

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2018
... companies around us to give back to the communities they operate in," Miles said. "Distinct from other corporate social rankings, the GivingLarge Report examines publicly available reports to ensure a robust sample not restricted by the need for a membership ...

Digital transformation challenges super funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
... transformation, Investment Trends research shows. Sunsuper, HESTA, QSuper and Hostplus round out the top five in the rankings, with Rest recognised as the most improved fund on member engagement. The findings come from the fifth installment of the Member ...

Smaller super funds lead Roy Morgan rankings

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... seventh month in a row. Tasplan, the industry superfund with 145,000 members, has again topped the Roy Morgan monthly super rankings. It recorded an average customer satisfaction score of 74.6% - the highest of all superannuation funds. Care Super and ...