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ASIC pushes super governance improvements

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2022
More than 20 super fund trustees have revised their internal policies after ASIC surveillance found significant deficiencies in their conflicts management arrangements relating to investment switching. ASIC's surveillance found a lack of oversight ...

YFYS changed how funds invest: JPMAM

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2022
A new report from J.P. Morgan Asset Management, based on interviews with super fund chief investment officers, has revealed the far-reaching impact of Your Future, Your Super reforms on super fund investment strategies. Most notably, the reforms seem ...

LGIAsuper expands leadership as acquisition completes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2022
LGIAsuper has finalised its acquisition of Suncorp's superannuation business, adding to its executive team in the process. The acquisition of Suncorp Portfolio Services Limited, which is the first of its kind in the Australian superannuation market ...

Aussie instos commit $50bn to UK projects

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 APR 2022
... jobs, and increase housing stock. IFM Investors has committed to investing $5.27 billion over the next five years to both maintain existing assets, like Manchester and East Midlands airports, and a new net zero fund that will support electrification ...

Super fund restructures, adds new roles

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2022
... services. The super fund currently manages about $5 billion on behalf of 41,000 members, with Proebstl saying: "We firmly maintain that super funds should be primarily judged on the quality of the member outcomes they deliver and not simply whether they ...

Federal Budget delivers nothing on climate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAR 2022
... platform in Australia, and partner in financial services Ross Eaton noted that the $1.3 billion of new investment to "maintain energy security, keep downward pressure on energy prices while reducing emissions", consisting of investments in hydrogen ...

Floods, fires, plagues catered to in Budget

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
Australia's recent natural disasters, including the devastating floods in New South Wales and South-East Queensland, have prompted a Federal Budget response. "Nothing I say can overcome the personal pain and loss of so many Australians. We will stand ...

More super, less tinkering: ASFA

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2022
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) today released research which found 81% of Australians believe more money should be saved for their retirement, not less. When a full list of national issues were proposed to respondents, government ...

APRA suspends IDII work, "disappointed" in industry

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2022
... circumstances and dangerous pastimes, to enhance their ability to understand and manage risks. It also expects insurers to maintain a focus on the sustainability of IDII; consider the conduct-related impacts of the design and distribution obligations ...

Milford chair to retire

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2022
Milford Asset Management board chair Mark Cross will retire from the board at the end of June, with a new chair appointed. In announcing his retirement from Milford, Cross said: "It has been a privilege to be part of Milford for nearly a decade, and ...