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Hume clarifies survival of the fittest in MySuper

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
... want to be that specific or stop anyone from doing business. "There's plenty of research out there that ESG investing is a pretty basic risk filter," Hume said. "We don't want it to be prescriptive... Trustees already have a higher responsibility; they ...

MS sufferer fights CommInsure definition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... spine and sucking out fluid. You have to have painkillers and go to hospital for it. It is awful," Giles said. "An MRI is pretty awful for a lot of people too. You get on the little table and you're stuck in this tunnel - a lot of people need some ...

Female access to ERS to widen gender super gap

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
... a career break to care for their first child in their 30s. Some of these women will now be saving for their retirement pretty much from scratch when they return to work," she said. Speaking at the Super Summit, assistant minister for financial services ...

ACCC flags dangers of ERS

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... Delia Rickard said the agency has seen a 55% increase in identity theft which it believes is as a result of COVID-19. "Pretty much every scam we see now, the scammers are not only trying to get people's money but they're trying to get their personal ...

MySuper returns negative

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... vastly different to the GFC," Rainmaker said. "As a result, the Rainmaker MySuper investment performance cumulative index is pretty much back to where it was 12 months ago, which, all things considered, is an amazingly strong outcome." The research found ...

Challenges abound as super poises for COVID-19 recovery

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
... forced to retire early. "Both sides of the industry have matured a lot over the last couple of years; I am hopeful and I am pretty positive that the people who sit on top of these organisations are there to benefit the member, whether we sit on the industry ...

SMSFs to weather the storm

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... communications that trustees should not attempt to use the ERS in this way. "When we first saw the legislation, it seemed pretty clear that sort of act wouldn't meet the legislation because it's pretty hard to satisfy the eligibility criteria to access ...

Is the worst yet to come?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... in profits." Doyle said markets are also in the midst of digesting the geopolitical machinations which he believes are pretty significant. "Australia, to some extent, is caught in the middle of a much bigger story between the US and China," he said. ...

Active versus passive: The debate continues

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... active managers are becoming somewhat of an endangered species in the COVID-19 landscape. "They seem to be disappearing pretty quickly, but there is no reason an active manager shouldn't be able to add value," Jain said. "I think there is room for ...

Magellan remains cautious, for now

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... say we don't find the risk-adjusted return prospects that appealing at the moment, and that's why we're sitting on those pretty considerable cash balances," he said.