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Morningstar launches retirement strategy tool

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2021
Morningstar has launched a new retirement strategy tool, aimed at assisting financial advisers in managing longevity risk for clients. Ryan Murphy, head of decision sciences at Morningstar, launched the new tool today. He said it is designed to take ...

Super funds failing three-day transfer requirement

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2021
Trading platform Stake - which has a DIY super offering - has called out some of the largest super funds, saying they are failing to roll over members to its SMSF offering in the required three days. Since October 1, APRA regulated super funds have ...

Investors fear impact of rising inflation

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021
Retail investors are concerned that inflation will have negative impacts on their portfolios but are split when it comes to making changes because of this, new research shows. Investment trading platform eToro's latest quarterly global Retail Investment ...

CFA Institute launches new ESG standard

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2021
CFA Institute launched the Global ESG Disclosure Standards for Investment Products, a new standard designed to facilitate more accurate evaluation of ESG investment products. The standards are voluntary and can be applied to all investment vehicles ...

Gender equality perception differs

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2021
The lived experience of men and women in financial services vastly differs as the gap is widening between organisations saying they are working to promote gender equality and those putting it into practice, new research shows. FINSIA's sixth biennial ...

AustralianSuper adds ACTU president to board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2021
The current president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions has joined the board of AustralianSuper, replacing a longstanding director and former deputy chair. Michele O'Neil has been appointed as a director on the board of the nation's ...

Super funds to front committee hearing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021
Aware Super, AustralianSuper and Hostplus are set to appear before the Standing Committee on Economics' inquiry into common ownership on Monday. Several super funds and IFM Investors will face the inquiry on Monday, with the government saying it ...

DDO nil-reporting rule scrapped

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021
In a win for financial advisers, the Design and Distribution Obligations (DDO) regime will scrap the nil-reporting rule. In the Updated amendments to the design and distribution obligations document released by Treasury, advisers will no longer be required ...

Retail, corporate funds lack transparency on ESG votes

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2021
Retail and corporate super funds continue to show a poor track record of how they vote on environmental, social and governance matters, new research shows. According to the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR), which analysed the ...

Buy-sell spreads higher for active and diversified ETFs: Rainmaker

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
Active ETFs and diversified ETFs have the highest buy-sell spreads among ASX-listed ETFs, according to Rainmaker analysis. Across the ASX-listed ETFs, the median buy-sell spread is 17 bps. However, the actual spread varies vastly by types of ETFs. The ...