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Canadian pension fund buys Aussie spud farm

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2023
... said" "We are excited to partner with the Mitolo Family Farms to grow the company's ambitions and further increase the quality and reliability that has made it a category leader in Australia over the past 50 years." "Ontario Teachers' and AustOn have ...

Portfolio resistance is key: VanEck

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023
... view that the new economy presents the best opportunities to invest," he said. "Investors seeking alpha may also look to quality stocks. Historically, during market downturns, such as the Global Financial Crisis, quality companies lose less and recover ...

Super funds back new renewables platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2023
... of the intrinsic growth opportunities created by this thematic, while continuing to provide investors with stable high-quality income returns through the platform." Commenting, Aware Super senior portfolio manager, infrastructure Mark Hector said: "As ...

It's not 2008, but there's likely more pain ahead: Iggo

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2023
... on current entry levels (from either a yield or spread basis), Iggo said. Therefore, investors can get exposure to high-quality credit in the bond market, from companies with strong balance sheets, limited need for bank funding and comfortable interest ...

Bank of Queensland names Frazis replacement

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2023
... made material progress in strengthening its capital and liquidity position over the past six months and have maintained quality lending portfolios as it prepares for a more challenging economic environment. "BOQ has several programs underway to improve ...

Industry fund bags consecutive customer experience award

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2023
... our members," he said. "Our goal is to make sure super is not one of the things you need to worry about." SenseCX is a quality assurance framework that measures the quality of customer interactions with organisations over a 12-month period. From January ...

FYG Planners partners with Asendium

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2023
... general manager Andrew Wootton said the partnership further underlines the group's commitment to supporting advisers with quality technology solutions. "FYG is committed to providing advisers with the tools that help them speed up and streamline the ...

Don't wait for QAR: Press

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
... Press pointed out at the Conference of Major Super Funds that retirement products need to be improved and waiting for the Quality of Advice Review (QAR) is not the best strategy. "I think the product piece is important here and thinking about if we have ...

Inflation erodes retiree savings by 7.5%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2023
The rising cost of travel, fuel and many food staples continue to aggravate the quality of living for retirees as inflation leapt 7.5% in the last year. Oils and fats (20.8%), domestic travel and accommodation (19.8%), milk (17.9%), gas (17.4%), fuel ...

Spotlight shines brighter on climate reporting: Expert

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2023
... owners must be mindful of increasing regulatory and legislative pressures that will soon sharpen their ability to provide quality and accurate climate disclosure reports, according to an expert. FS Sustainability managing editor Rachel Alembakis told ...