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ABPs alone won't meet retirement income covenant: Knox

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
Mercer's David Knox says super funds won't be able to meet the Retirement Income Covenant's requirements via account-based pensions alone and will have to look at other solutions. The government's latest guidance on the Retirement Income ...

FASEA exam pass rate drops

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
The financial adviser exam pass rate continues to dwindle as less than two-thirds of financial advisers passed the July exam sitting. The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority announced yesterday that 60% of the 1963 candidates passed the ...

New role for Harvey Kalman

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
Former Equity Trustees global head of business development Harvey Kalman has joined a debt and special opportunities investment manager. He joins Arbitrium Capital Partners as non-executive director and chair of its credit risk committee. In July this ...

Results out: 13 funds fail YFYS performance test

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
Big names like Colonial First State's FirstChoice, BT Super and Christian Super are among the 13 superannuation funds that failed APRA's inaugural performance test. In all, APRA tested 76 MySuper products in this round, of which 13 failed. This ...

Industry steps up for Lifeline

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021
Some financial services heavyweights have thrown their support behind Lifeline, as the pandemic, lockdowns and economic uncertainty sees mental health services stretched. Janus Henderson head of retail distribution Jordan Tang organised Berry Motorfair ...

IOOF posts $143.5m loss for FY21

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021
IOOF reported an underlying net loss after tax of $143.5 million for FY21, as it cleans out legacy arrangements and integrates recent acquisitions. Revenue for the year was $769.9 million (up 31%), of which $69.1 million came from MLC and $700.8 million ...

Economic recap: Week to August 20

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
... market, business and consumer sentiment indicators suggest this wouldn't last long. The economy added 2,200 jobs in July - paltry, but a great deal more than consensus expectations for job losses of 46,200. The unemployment rate fell from 4.9% in ...

VGI Partners global LIC posts 25.6% returns

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021
VGI Partners Global Investments reported a net profit after tax of $153.9 million and portfolio returns of 25.6% for FY21. The LIC targets 10-15% p.a. through the cycle and holds a concentrated long and short portfolio, with the top five holdings accounting ...

Super unit boosts Equity Trustees performance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021
Equity Trustees' major superannuation client wins in the last financial year saw the business unit more than triple its assets. The superannuation business' funds grew from $11.2 billion to $33.6 billion year on year. It now provides trustee services ...

APRA issues guidance on lifecycle products for performance test

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2021
APRA has issued guidance on how it will administer the Your Future, Your Super performance test for lifecycle MySuper options that make changes within the option or transition to a new option. The regulator has the power to make determinations on combining ...