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Catholic Super to drop fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
... be made available to Catholic Super members for the first time and will be able to switch investment options day to day. So far, they have only been able to do so on a weekly basis. According to Catholic and Equip's chair Andrew Fairley, about 50% ...

Stonehouse acquires risk advice firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
... announced that Stonehouse will take over. Owen told Financial Standard that regulation of the advice industry has gone too far, which is doing a "great disservice" to the profession and clients. He said his decision to leave the industry was a difficult ...

HESTA nabs Hostplus executive

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
The head of ESG at $61 billion industry fund Hostplus has jumped to HESTA. Kim Farrant will join HESTA, the $60 billion industry fund for healthcare workers, as general manager responsible investment on July 12. Farrant will report to the fund's ...

Chief economist update: Japan still waiting for the sun to rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
... remained in contraction territory for the 17th month in a row. Japan's inflation measures have improved slightly but remain far below the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) target. The headline inflation rate was better at minus 0.1% in the year to May from ...

Hostplus, Intrust merger now official

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
The two funds have confirmed they have signed a successor fund transfer deed to chase a merger, as first revealed by Financial Standard on May 21. Hostplus and Intrust Super are targeting a completion of the merger by November 26. It is understood that ...

Industry split on paid vaccine leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... is a barrier to getting vaccinated," the FSU told members. "Our employers have a critical role to play." The union has so far written to 71 employers in the financial services sector, including banks, insurers and superannuation funds. As it stands ...

Chief economist update: Thank you, my frenemy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
... ore and subsequently metalliferous ores." No prizes for guessing but Australia's having it both ways. China's - by far its biggest buyer (accounting for 43% of total exports) - increased demand for iron ore and the soaring price of Australia's ...

LGIAsuper to rebrand

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2021
... offered to take redundancies on 30 June of 2022, which is when LGIAsuper has committed to maintaining full employment. So far, Farrar said there have been no contested processes. Moving into LGIAsuper's leadership team soon will be a chief operating ...

Catholic, Equip SFT to see Fairley exit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
With Catholic Super and Equipsuper set to officially merge at the end of the month, chair Andrew Fairley will hand over the reins - but he has "no interest in going home to mow the lawns". After more than 12 years at the helm of Equip, two of which ...

Your Future, Your Super passes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021
... another fund. Treasury proposed a review of exclusions in superannuation group insurance, but Cbus said this doesn't go far enough. "A Treasury review of unspecified outcome or timing will do nothing to mitigate the immediate impacts for workers ...