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Super funds face fresh data requirements

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
... Protecting Your Super reforms. The PDC will provide the regulator with enhanced data surrounding ERS, set to provide better analysis of the demographics impacted by the pandemic. It will also provide APRA and ASIC with monthly data on complaints, as ...

Fixed income investors get new ESG rating

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
... high-yield market, there was less relevant non-financial information. "We've responded by creating a series of ESG risk analysis tools to enhance our delivery of the research-led strategies our clients require," Kendall said. "This rating is the latest ...

ATO data heaps pressure on ASIC's SMSF fact sheet

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... association is "extremely supportive" of the ATO's decision to release more granular data about SMSF expenses. "Previous analysis relied on the use of averages that ignored the significant distortions caused by large SMSFs and funds choosing to use ...

Life insurers fork out more for mental health

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... continuing to pay out more for mental health related claims, as Australians take longer to return to work, according to new analysis. The latest edition of KPMG and the Financial Services Council's five year study on life insurance claims shows Australian ...

Volatility wreaks havoc with heat map measures

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2020
With market volatility rife over recent months, new analysis shows the relationship between risk and return has practically vanished, leaving many funds exposed to APRA's MySuper heat map investment performance measure. New analysis prepared by Frontier ...

How competitive is the Australian ETF industry?

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2020
New analysis from Rainmaker Information shows the Australian ETF industry has become more competitive over the years. Rainmaker Information head of investment research John Dyall used the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI), which measures the concentration ...

Industry fund in successor fund transfer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... seen its funds under management surge by 176% since June 2014 to $237 million as at June 2019, according to Rainmaker analysis of APRA data. However, Blood said this has now decreased to about $170 million. In contrast, Smartsave is home to just 6500 ...

Financial services demands more mental health support

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... to mental health and wellbeing training for the employees of financial services firms, according to SuperFriend. New analysis by the wealth management industry's mental health partner reveals a "marked increase" in demand for the organisation's support ...

ASIC warns funds to clean up adverts

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
... claiming its GrowthX option "measure companies". In reality 79% of the fund was tracking an index without any quantitative analysis in June 2017. In 2017, ASIC went after CommInsure for "misleading and deceptive statements" on some of CommInsure websites ...

Boutique expands investment team

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
... Australia, where he worked as an investment analyst for two years and was responsible for the firm's Australian equities analysis and forecasting. "Gitendra's appointment provides further support for our research and analysis of the transportation ...