Qantas Super and Parametric celebrate 10 years of pioneering partnership

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Qantas Super and Parametric are celebrating the 10th anniversary of their partnership, which has produced enhanced benefits to members each year. A decade of tax-efficient investment implementation at Qantas Super, working in

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Your Future, Your Super presents a challenge to ESG adoption

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The Australian Government’s Your Future, Your Super reform (YFYS), which came into effect in July 2021, presents a challenge to the rapid adoption of ESG Investing in the Australian superannuation

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Super funds could face high risk of failure under ‘Your Future, Your Super’ performance test

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As many as 20% of superannuation funds may fail their ‘Your Future, Your Super’ performance’ test in any given year and if a fund fails the test once there is

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When it comes to ‘Your Future, Your Super’, focus on the basics: pay less tax and reduce fees

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Superannuation fund trustees facing the prospect of an annual performance test under the Government’s proposed Your Future, Your Super changes face a very difficult choice when selecting fund managers, says

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Parametric Appoints New Manager of Research and Strategy, Australia and New Zealand

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Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC (Parametric), an affiliate of Eaton Vance Corp. , has announced the appointment of Whitlam Zhang, CFA, as Manager of Research and Strategy, Australia and New Zealand,

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Super fund mergers need to deliver investment rationalisation wins

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Centralised Portfolio Management (CPM) can play a pivotal role in the mass consolidation of the superannuation industry that will define its future for the next 10 years, says global implementation

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Super funds can benefit with the adoption Responsible Investing goals with an after-tax investment focus: Parametric Research

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Superannuation funds should implement responsible investing in a tax-managed way according to a new research paper by the global implementation specialist manager Parametric. The paper presents a hypothetical tax-managed Responsible Investing portfolio that adds

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Income-targeting retirement portfolios could struggle to measure ‘success’ wel

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The Retirement Income Panel’s work over the past year should give superannuation funds all the motivation they need to decide what ‘success’ in funding pensions really means, according to a research

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Super tax changes will cost retirees

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The possibility for government to increase superannuation taxes in response to the ballooning budget deficit caused by COVID-19 could severely hurt member balances at retirement, according to a research note

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Parametric launches ’Equity Agility Platform’ for Australian super funds to manage moving targets around returns, fees and costs

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Super funds will increasingly need investment partners that offer ‘equity agility’ as a core feature to help navigate the mounting pressure to improve returns and lower investment fees, other costs

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