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Super funds probed on liquidity, rental assistance measures

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2020
Standing Committee on Economics chair Tim Wilson has written to superannuation funds seeking numbers on liquidity, unlisted assets and stimulus measures by April 29. In a letter sent to superannuation funds last Wednesday, Wilson has asked funds to ...

Chief economist update: AUD depreciation no cure for coronavirus

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
All good things must come to an end and this 'Lucky Country's' luck appears to have ran out after enjoying 28 years and a bit without an economic recession. Australia has survived economic and financial market upheavals over the past three ...

What you read in 2019: Superannuation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019
... "directed towards providing better products and services for you, not paying profits to shareholders." 4. AMP given the boot by AFL This month Financial Standard revealed AMP lost its long-standing super mandate with the Australian Football League. It ...

AMP given the boot by AFL

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
... providing superannuation for both players and other employees. It provided financial advice through Shadforth Financial Group. The AFL fund had $145 million in assets at June end, according to APRA statistics. Hostplus's MySuper option has better ...

AMP Capital scores AFL stadium interest

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
... launch of the new footy season just around the corner, AMP Capital has made a big play in Perth's Optus Stadium, home to AFL clubs Fremantle Dockers and West Coast Eagles. The investment manager has acquired a 50% interest in Westadium, the organisation ...

Former AFL club president joins super fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018
A former Port Adelaide Football Club president will now chair the board of a $28 billion superannuation fund. Greg Boulton has been appointed by the Governor of South Australia as presiding member (chair) of Super SA. He has been appointed for a period ...

Chief economist update: Keep one eye open on the housing market

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
Perhaps it's the long weekend holiday - AFL Grand Final holiday on September 28, Labour Day on October 1 - or maybe it's been out-headlined by news of the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). But the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) met as usual ...

Chief economist update: A$ falls to the occasion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
"My fellow Australians, ask not what your country can do for the Australian dollar, ask what the Australian dollar can do for your country." That's me bastardising John F. Kennedy's inaugural address as the 35th US President back in 1961 (before I was ...

Pengana recruits former AFL player

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
... he was an investment adviser. He was previously an associate adviser at Pitcher Partners and, before that, a professional AFL player with Hawthorn Football Club and the Brisbane Lions. Dan McAleer joins Pengana as regional business development manager ...

Males dominate ASX200 top job

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2017
The chiefs of Australia's largest blue-chip companies are typically highly educated males based in Sydney and boast international work experience, a Robert Half analysis shows. Only 12 out of the top 200 ASX-listed companies were led by women. One-third ...