Performance ‘argie-bargie’ not helping industry’s cause: Rowell

APRA will have “significant input” into the government’s proposed YFYS performance test which is not yet set in stone, APRA’s Helen Rowell noted, before expressing frustration with industry interactions relating to performance measurement.

Hume keeps door open on super contributions freeze

The minister reiterated the government’s plan to make a call on the SG rise closer to July 1 when the “trade off” with wage growth is clearer, while shadow minister Stephen Jones said the current level “just won’t get us there”. 

AustralianSuper calls out retail fund dividend payments

The government’s proposed treatment of dividend payments by retail funds as “out of scope of the best-financial interests test” doesn’t reflect the policy intent of the measure or members’ best financial interests in any sense, an AustralianSuper policy submission has noted.

How the performance test could be tougher

The proposed performance benchmark understates performance when it comes to adjustments for withholding tax and benchmarking credit exposure with traditional fixed income indices, meaning that relative performance is overstated, David Bell writes.

Election Series 2022 Live Stream

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Statewide’s Michalakis on staying ahead of the performance test

Statewide Super CIO Con Michalakis (Photo: Matthew Fatches)

Having strong performance relative to the listed benchmark portfolio will be important for funds as the government’s new test begins, Con Michalakis says.

Visibility risk: Brand and marketing oversight to bite

Funds will need to think carefully about marketing and branding activities in light of the government’s proposed best financial interest amendments which bans the use of member money for branding while adding oversight to marketing spending.

UNSW Sandbox Program highlights challenges of providing quality, scalable guidance

UNSW students have highlighted the tension between tailoring information to be more relevant with the desire for such information to be accessible at a low cost as part of a ‘sandbox challenge’ that has yielded some illuminating results.