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Treasury expected to release retirement review

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... public finances. It was handed down to the Treasury on July 24 and hasn't been released since, including during the October 4 federal budget which the government used to announce radical performance benchmarking for superannuation funds. The Treasury ...

Spaceship launches new managed fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... previous two Spaceship Voyager funds were launched in May 2018. Spaceship Origin has returned 8.5% p.a. in the 29 months to October end and Space ship Universe had returned 27.1% p.a. over the period. The Universe portfolio also doesn't contain fossil ...

AustralianSuper net-zero promise flawed: MarketForces

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... the risk of climate change on its portfolio's long-term performance. The decision was endorsed by its board in an October meeting. So far, it has committed to having $1 billion (or 0.56% of its $180 billion in total assets) invested in renewables ...

NSW budget boosts TCorp loans

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... client loans. Maturities for the remainder of this financial year stood $3.8 billion; it has raised $14 billion as at 31 October 2020. The forecast increase in new client loans of $32 billion in FY21 is primarily due to an increase in infrastructure ...

Former adviser pleads guilty to stealing client funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... Corporations Act and was committed to the Sydney District Court for sentencing. The case against Hopkins alleged that between 14 October 2016 and 8 October 2019, Hopkins, the sole director of QWL, made 167 unauthorised transactions for 13 QWL clients ...

Chief economist update: Vaccine optimism sparks AUD resurgence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... second wave in Europe and the reimposition of restrictions there - it dropped to a three-month low of US$0.7055 in mid-October. Vaccine optimism has brought it back to life - above US$0.73 - and latest activity stats indicate that the Chinese economy ...

Stockpicker pay cheques revealed

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
... Peter Lee Associates' pay benchmarking of the sector. Peter Lee interviewed 80 investment professionals in September and October for its Australian Equity Investors Compensation Benchmarking Report. Chief investment officers and heads of equities -- ...

ASIC sounds the alarm on buy-now-pay-later

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... regulatory changes coming that will impact the industry, with the design and distribution obligations coming into effect in October 2021," it said adding it expects the industry to develop a code that provides good consumer outcomes across the diverse ...

ASX market outage lasts all day

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR, KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... interfaces the ASX Trade: ITCH, OUCH and OI. About $6 billion was traded on the ASX's cash market daily on an average in October, cross about 1.4 million trades. Of this $5.2 billion was on-market.

Chief economist update: Japan's third wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... policy unchanged - target rate at -0.1% and target for the 10-year Japanese government bond yield at around 0% -- at its October meeting. "For the time being, the Bank will closely monitor the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and will not hesitate ...