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Kiwi firm rejects AustralianSuper takeover bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
AustralianSuper's attempt to takeover a New Zealand infrastructure and renewable energy company for $5.1 billion has been rejected. The New Zealand stock exchange-listed Infratil (IFT) this morning rejected the bid, saying that the proposals are ...

Advice firm launches dealer group

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2020
... of oversight... From that perspective, we thought a dealer group was a natural next step," Lyon told Financial Standard. So far, IIP Dealer Group has signed about five financial advisers and is conducting due diligence on several others. Lyon said the ...

Chief economist update: Greed is good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 DEC 2020
"The point is, ladies and gentlemen, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good. Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of its forms, greed for life, for money ...

Chief economist update: China keeps on going and going

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
... export earnings and the fiscal budget. The Federal Treasury's latest Budget Papers assumed ore prices at US$55/tonne. So far this year, it's averaged more than US$100/tonne. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is correct in stating that ...

RIR reveals bleak financial upside for disabled people

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
... pension reducing inequality for disabled people, the Retirement Income Review did question whether means testing is going far enough. People who are blind are not means tested for the age pension or disability support pension. In 1954, the means test ...

New MDA offering launched

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... Investment Committee and he has already had an immediate impact with the first three advisers taking up the MDA service so far," Heathwood said. "Lifestyle believes that the new generation adviser will find being able to engage in an MDA service to be ...

Funds' net-zero ambitions collide with Santos

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
Australian oil and gas company Santos' carbon reduction plan has been heavily criticised, with critics pointing out many super funds invested in the company have made declarations on climate change that don't match their actions. According to ...

Pension plan sued for expensive, active strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... retirement investor". "A simple weighing of the benefits of the two suites indicates that the Index suite is and has been a far superior option, and consequently the more appropriate choice for the plan," they said. If due diligence was conducted, members ...

WTW calls for more investment in China

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
... US President Donald Trump, China has begun rejecting Australian goods or imposing heavy duties on Australian products. So far, China has targeted Australian barley, lobster and coal. Most recently, it imposed duties of us to 212% on wine exports. Despite ...

ERS costs big super funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2020
... super (ERS) scheme slow down, the nation's biggest funds have taken the brunt of the payments. Of the $36 billion paid out so far, the 10 funds with the highest number of applications received from the ATO have made 3.1 million payments worth a total ...