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Super not sacred: Rice Warner

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
Rice Warner founder Michael Rice has warned the superannuation industry to prepare for the government using the system as a means of repaying its stimulus debt, saying super won't be as sacred as it has been in the past. Rice has warned the superannuation ...

High Court rules against Fortescue

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
The High Court in London has lifted an interim injunction preventing news organisations from publishing details of price discounts offered in the low-grade iron ore market by Australian mining giant Fortescue Metals Group (FMG). FMG had applied for ...

Blame put on businesses for JobKeeper error

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
Treasury and the Australian Taxation Office have issued a joint statement in relation to the reporting error in the estimates of the number of employees likely to access the JobKeeper program. The enrolment forms completed by over 910,000 businesses ...

Chief economist update: Hong Kong is ours

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic was both a curse and a blessing (for lack of a better word) for China's Politburo. Social restrictions and lockdowns imposed by the powers-that-be to contain the virus sent the economy plunging 6.8% in the year to the March ...

New ETFs see success as UBS suspends funds

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
New research from ETF Securities has revealed that three new exchange traded funds (ETFs) saw tens of millions in inflows during the second quarter, while six UBS products exited the market. The products included ETF Securities' ETFS FANG+ ETF on March ...

Fund managers adapt to market pain

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
Aussie equities fund managers steadily improved in performance relative to benchmark from January to March, according to an updated SPIVA Australia Scorecard from S&P. In January, only 21.6% of Australian equities (general category) funds beat the benchmarks ...

Magellan remains cautious, for now

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
Sitting on a significant amount of liquidity, Magellan is waiting for a few dominoes to fall before it pulls the trigger and deploys cash from its global and high conviction funds. Having increased the cash balances across both its high conviction and ...

Super fund awards global equities mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
A $43 billion superannuation fund has awarded a concentrated global equities mandate to Neuberger Berman. State Super has handed Neuberger Berman an undisclosed sum, following a tender process to identify managers that could play a differentiated role ...

Advisers involved in ERS scams: ASIC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
ASIC superannuation senior executive leader Jane Eccleston has written an article pointing to financial advisers as part of the problem in scams targeting people's super amid COVID-19. Eccleston said: "ASIC is concerned that some advisers may use the ...

How advice can conquer stigma

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
Hostplus' head of advice and financial planning believes providing modules of the comprehensive financial advice model might help to reduce stigmas which stop people from getting help with their finances. Appearing as part of an online panel discussing ...