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MySuper funds face new test, member bans

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... be allowed to receive any new members until they improve their performance. The prudential regulator will conduct benchmarking tests on the net investment performance of MySuper products. The products that have underperformed over two consecutive annual ...

S&P launches sustainable versions of flagship indices

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... more mainstream investments. "S&P Dow Jones Indices is proud to be at the forefront of cutting-edge ESG indexing and benchmarking," S&P DJI chief executive Dan Draper said. "As a pioneer in this space for more than two decades, we create independent ...

Boutique extends GBST partnership

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
... to superannuation funds and fund managers in Australia," Warakirri managing director Jim McKay said. "We have been benchmarking Australian equities portfolios on an after-tax basis since 2007, and through our long-term relationship with GBST, we are ...

Calls for index industry disruption

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... project. "The benefits of using a neutral third-party benchmark are clear: Independence matters when it comes to benchmarking," Lefkovitz said. "But what's important is choosing the most appropriate benchmark, not the most well-known." Investors, advisers ...

Impact investing set to skyrocket: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... to skyrocket over the coming years, with new research predicting the market will reach $100 billion by 2025. The Benchmarking Impact 2020 report, coming out of the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) found that the market for impact ...

Sole purpose test poses SMSF rent relief issue

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
... could incorporate discounting rent, deferring rent or both." SMSF landlords could structure their relief against benchmarking materials of what relief is being granted in the rental market by arm's length parties for similar properties, SISFA said. It ...

Performance analyst jobs hold steady in COVID-19

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
... pandemic, according to Kaizen Recruitment. The role -- with responsibilities including calculating, attributing and benchmarking and reporting fund performance at security and portfolio levels -- remains a great gateway to other investment roles. "We ...

Investment approaches in change phase

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... positive performance in both return terms and risk adjusted terms." It would be too much to say we will be done with benchmarking in the future, but Unger said larger institutions, that were slowly implementing TPA, are likely feeling more pressure now ...

Best MySuper products revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
Rainmaker's latest MySuper benchmarking report has seen industry funds on top for market share and performance as at December end. For MySuper products with a single investment strategy (as opposed to lifecycle products) AustralianSuper was on top. ...

FPA launches benchmarking tool

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... practice relative to its peers in these extraordinary times." FPA professional partnerships manager Ken Whitton said the benchmarking tool would allow advisers to develop forward-looking plans for their practices. "The FPA READY Index will provide a ...