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Farmers distressed by superannuation tax overhaul

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2023
... agricultural operations," Mahar said. Nationals leader David Littleproud criticised the government for overlooking concerns from industry and farming groups, pushing ahead with superannuation reforms without clear Treasury modelling on the number of ...

Rainmaker names ESG leader super funds

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2023
... achieves competitive investment returns all while satisfying the Sole Purpose Test as required by the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act. "ESG and sustainability principles are a rapidly evolving part of Australia's superannuation landscape ...

Rest closes investment options, shifts allocations

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2023
Rest is closing its bonds and shares investment options to new members as of September 30. The $75 billion industry super fund said any request by existing members to switch funds into the bonds or shares options must be received by September 27. However ...

Super tough sell for First Nations people: Podcast

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
... their channels." Usher said super funds can drive initiatives that put pressure on the government and incentivise the industry. "For example, the preservation age, life expectancy, is why Aboriginal people are disengaged. If we got the top 10 to 20 super ...

Active Super to face action over greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
... ASIC's investigation and welcomes increased scrutiny on ESG disclosure standards as being good for members, the super industry and the community." "As the matter is before the courts we are unable to comment further." This is ASIC's third greenwashing ...

NGS ahead of schedule on net zero strategy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2023
... decarbonisation process, including holdings in Woodside and Santos and others in the oil and gas exploration and production industry. The divestment from oil and gas companies was based on calculations relating to stranded assets, rather than Scope 1 ...

Australia lags in global fund disclosure: Morningstar

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2023
... house labelled the disclosure requirements for unlisted infrastructure and private equity "appallingly weak". "Following industry lobbying, draft regulation that was to require the disclosure of the value and weighting of individual assets was significantly ...

Industry funds' illiquid assets scrutinised

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023
... is relatively scarce. Morningstar Australasia director Annika Bradley has examined the "unlisted assets" allocation of industry fund behemoths Australian Retirement Trust, AustralianSuper, Aware Super, Cbus, and UniSuper. Bradley investigated the Portfolio ...

Don't wait for QAR: Press

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... directly in super in 2010 and we were talking about retirement products then." Press said she isn't convinced that the industry has moved very far since - but it needs to. "Because it's hard but we need to, and I think that's the reality ...

Women-led super funds outperform over medium, long run

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
... average fees. "The Rainmaker IWD performance analysis shows that funds with a stronger women leadership outperform the industry-wide benchmarks over multiple time periods. The outperformance is not massive, but it's consistent and large enough to have ...
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