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Super funds back carbon startup

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
... gaping hole in the analytical toolkit." Aware Super head of responsible investment Liza McDonald added: "At Aware Super we view climate change as the most significant financial risk to our portfolio and to our members' long-term financial future. We ...

Fidelity changes up global equities team

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... the Fidelity Global Equities strategy Under Review. A formal review will be undertaken in the coming weeks and our updated view will be published soon after."

Chief economist update: US inflation may not be as transitory as the Fed believes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
We really do see what we want to see and hear what we want to hear... and rationalise accordingly. How else does one explain the US equity market's opposing reaction to the two most important indicators the Fed watches in determining its next policy ...

Mergers push member positivity

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021
... concerned with the potential impact on higher fees and lower returns as well as changes to customer service. "There is a general view that engagement between Australians and their super fund is underwhelming, but our research shows that super fund members ...

Chief economist update: The devil's in the headline US payrolls number details

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021
... market expectations for a nearly one million gain (978,000 to be exact). A repeat of the 'bad news is good news' view that prevailed a month ago. But if you read the BLS's report as diligently as a crime scene investigator, you'll find ...

YFYS on its way to Senate

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2021
The House of Representatives passed hotly-debated Your Future, Your Super bill last night, with Labor getting away with just one of the amendments on its wish list. Best Financial Interest Duty's proposal to give ministers the power to ban superannuation ...

Investors move to thematic funds

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2021
... them," Chan said. "Thematic funds might be considered as single-stock substitutes for those investors looking to express view on a theme but lacking the resources needed to conduct due diligence on individual companies."

Actuaries Institute unveils IDII recommendations

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2021
... and industry bodies. It is led by former APRA deputy chair Ian Laughlin. "The taskforce set out to have a customer-centric view and to commit to tackling issues from a professional and objective standpoint. The institute established the taskforce to ...

Super funds under $30bn should merge: APRA

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
APRA deputy chair Helen Rowell says the regulator agrees with the industry view that funds under $30 billion in assets should merge. Rowell said APRA was aware of about 12 super fund mergers currently underway. "The emerging industry view seems to be ...

Tempered positivity post-pandemic: Experts

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
A panel of policy, research and economics experts at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds offered their view of the COVID-19 recovery, revealing how the pandemic changed economies. AlphaBeta Australia managing director Amit Singh referred to ...