Five takeaways from the latest Choice heatmaps
Super Review has dug into the latest Choice heatmaps to pull out five key findings affecting Choice funds and identify those RSE licensees with underperforming funds.
AUTHOR
Laura Dew
Laura Dew is editor at Super Review. Prior to joining SR, she spent five years working at Investment Week in the UK covering asset and wealth management.
Former Qld adviser imprisoned after $625k SMSF fraud
A former Sunshine Coast adviser has been sentenced after pleading guilty to nine counts of fraud totalling $625k by withdrawing funds without authorisation from his clients’ SMSF accounts.
AUTHOR
Laura Dew
Laura Dew is editor at Super Review. Prior to joining SR, she spent five years working at Investment Week in the UK covering asset and wealth management.
Future Fund picks new equities director
Ben Griffiths, former TCorp equities head, has taken up a similar role at Australia's sovereign wealth fund.
AUTHOR
Rhea Nath
Rhea L Nath is a journalist on Super Review and InvestorDaily, with a focus on funds management, superannuation, and institutional investment. Previously, she covered small business and entrepreneurship news at Dynamic Business and multicultural issues at Indian Link Media Group. In 2022, she was named Young Journalist of the Year at the NSW Premier’s Multicultural Communications Awards.
Mine Super and TWUSUPER announce next stage of proposed merger
Following the signing of a memorandum of understanding in December, the industry super funds have progressed to the next phase towards creating a nearly $20 billion combined fund.
AUTHOR
Rhea Nath
Rhea L Nath is a journalist on Super Review and InvestorDaily, with a focus on funds management, superannuation, and institutional investment. Previously, she covered small business and entrepreneurship news at Dynamic Business and multicultural issues at Indian Link Media Group. In 2022, she was named Young Journalist of the Year at the NSW Premier’s Multicultural Communications Awards.
Former AusSuper chair appointed to RBA
Former Australian Super chair, Elana Rubin, has been appointed to the board of the Reserve Bank of Australia.
AUTHOR
Laura Dew
Laura Dew is editor at Super Review. Prior to joining SR, she spent five years working at Investment Week in the UK covering asset and wealth management.
The biggest people moves and mergers in Q1 2023
Super Review has collated the mergers and people moves in the superannuation industry in the first quarter of 2023.
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Jasmine Siljic
Jasmine Siljic is a journalist at Super Review. Prior to joining SR, she also worked across other Momentum Media brands as an intern and cadet journalist. She recently completed a Bachelor of Media and Communications at Macquarie University.
Super gender gap slowly narrowing: Roy Morgan
According to Roy Morgan, gender differences in superannuation fund ownership and average balances have marginally closed over the last decade.
AUTHOR
Jasmine Siljic
Jasmine Siljic is a journalist at Super Review. Prior to joining SR, she also worked across other Momentum Media brands as an intern and cadet journalist. She recently completed a Bachelor of Media and Communications at Macquarie University.
Should different YFYS metrics apply for sustainable funds?
There are concerns investment approaches like screening and impact investing could result in tracking errors that inadvertently put sustainable and ethical funds on the back foot in the YFYS performance test.
AUTHOR
Rhea Nath
Rhea L Nath is a journalist on Super Review and InvestorDaily, with a focus on funds management, superannuation, and institutional investment. Previously, she covered small business and entrepreneurship news at Dynamic Business and multicultural issues at Indian Link Media Group. In 2022, she was named Young Journalist of the Year at the NSW Premier’s Multicultural Communications Awards.
New head for Future Fund private equity team
David Bluff, a former partner and managing director of The Carlyle Group, is set to lead private equity at Future Fund.
AUTHOR
Rhea Nath
Rhea L Nath is a journalist on Super Review and InvestorDaily, with a focus on funds management, superannuation, and institutional investment. Previously, she covered small business and entrepreneurship news at Dynamic Business and multicultural issues at Indian Link Media Group. In 2022, she was named Young Journalist of the Year at the NSW Premier’s Multicultural Communications Awards.
How can the $3m super tax proposals be improved?
Indexing the $3 million threshold and using actual earnings to calculate tax are among suggestions from associations to the Treasury super concession consultation, described as a “tax grab” in its current state.
AUTHOR
Laura Dew
Laura Dew is editor at Super Review. Prior to joining SR, she spent five years working at Investment Week in the UK covering asset and wealth management.
