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MySuper bounces back

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
While the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic has demolished the return expectations of investors for the year, new analysis shows MySuper products have managed to turn things around. Latest Rainmaker research shows MySuper products offered by not-for-profit ...

Super fund delays successor fund transfer

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
A retail superannuation fund has postponed its MySuper transition to a $16.5 billion industry fund citing market uncertainty and volatility arising from COVID-19. Perpetual's MySuper product was to transition to CareSuper effective around May 1 ...

ERS shaves $4m off Raiz Super

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
The government's early release scheme shaved $4 million from Raiz Invest's superannuation offering, as members drew down on their savings to weather the COVID-19 crisis. Funds under management in Raiz Invest Super fell 6.7% over the past three months ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone good news to get worse before it gets better

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
Recent indications - slowing rate of infections and deaths -- that the Eurozone has passed the peak of its coronavirus pandemic - has member nations either planning to or have already gently eased lockdown and social distancing restrictions, among them ...

Unemployment already over 15%: Roy Morgan

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
April unemployment data released by Roy Morgan today paints a far gloomier picture of Australia's workforce than the Australian Bureau of Statistics' latest data from March. Roy Morgan found 15.3% of the workforce (2.16 million people) were unemployed ...

Pendal appoints new head of HNW distribution

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
A Sydney equities' boutique's chief executive has jumped to Pendal Group to work as its head of high net worth distribution. Lee Hopperton was most recently the chief executive and distribution head of value manager Auscap Asset Management in ...

Early release of super numbers revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
Australians have withdrawn $1.3 billion of superannuation in just the first week of new early release rules to help those suffering financial hardship as a result of COVID-19. Funds have paid a total of 162,879 early release applications so far out ...

ESG-themed funds fall short of expectations

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
New Morningstar research comparing the carbon emission risk in managed funds has seen some ethical-themed funds missing out on a low carbon designation. A low carbon designation was awarded by Morningstar to funds with a low carbon risk score for their ...

Colonial First State closes global fund

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
Colonial First State has terminated a $19.5 million diversified fund, after it returned -11.7% in the first three months of the year. The Acadian Diversified Alpha fund will no longer be available to investors, with switches and redemptions from the ...

Adviser fears over ASIC relief

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
While backed by major industry associations and advocacy bodies, those that actually provide financial advice fear new temporary relief measures offered by ASIC may push Australians towards conflicted advice. On April 14 ASIC announced a raft of measures ...