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Chief economist update: Flattening the rebound

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2020
... back into lockdown, she'll be left with no other option if infections get out of control like in Melbourne. The forward view in these all is reflected in the re-sinking of consumer confidence. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment ...

J.P. Morgan launches ESG integration policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020
J.P. Morgan Asset Management has launched a new integrated ESG policy statement for its global funds management business. The new ESG policy includes a proprietary 10-point ESG scoring system to evaluate its asset management teams on their level of ...

Super fund satisfaction mixed, SMSFs unhappy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020
At a time when many Australians are engaging directly with their superannuation fund for the first time, member satisfaction appears mixed, with two separate surveys producing some opposing views. That's according to the latest insights from Roy Morgan ...

Research slams ADL definition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020
... skills like toileting." For Johns, it's well and truly time for the industry to step up. Society has come a long way in its view of mental health, but have insurers? "The people who are being denied under ADLs not so long ago might have been institutionalised," ...

New player in geared, index-shorting ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... co-head of sales Kanish Chugh says he expects the ETFs to be used more as trading tools by investors who are looking to take a view on the volatility, than as traditional buy-and-hold allocations. "[What] we have seen in the past four months, short and ...

Colonial First State cops licence conditions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... follows an investigation into matters referred to it by the Royal Commission in February 2019. The Royal Commission formed the view that CFSIL's decisions not to bring the migration of certain cohorts of its FirstChoice members into MySuper products ...

Favour turns to active management

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... In Australia, 39.3% think the market will produce growth. When asked about alternatives, Australians had a very different view on infrastructure investing than their international peers - 34% globally said they saw the benefits of infrastructure, while ...

Super for women under scrutiny

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
A financial adviser has questioned whether superannuation needs to be tailored to women specifically, as female focussed funds - such as Verve and Fairvine - grow in popularity. Lusher Financial Services adviser Christine Lusher said she does not think ...

AMP should stop whining: Slater and Gordon

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... asked how many class actions AMP was currently facing. After answering that AMP is facing two actions, De Ferrari offered his view of the class action system in Australia. He cited a report from the Menzies Research Centre, which claimed Australia is ...

AFA, FPA share bleak view of industry

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
The Association of Financial Advisers and Financial Planning Association of Australia have appeared before the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics, sharing austere views of the financial advice industry. AFA general manager, policy ...