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Homeowners given preferential treatment: RIR

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
The Retirement Income Review found the treatment of housing in the Age Pension assets test provides more support to homeowners compared to non-home owners. The review found the preferential treatment given to home ownership leads to inequities in the ...

Household capital remains key: RIR

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... third pillar of retirement funding. Chief executive of Household Capital, Joshua Funder applauded the review's support of house equity access for Baby Boomers. "For most Baby Boomers, voluntary savings outside of superannuation means the equity in their ...

Generation flags Ascalon closure

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... The group first notified its intention to enter the retirement space when it acquired a 37% stake in research and ratings house Lonsec. Generation said it will continue its supporting Lonsec in its ongoing expansion and growth plans.

Aussies reunited with $1bn in lost super

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... transferred a number of large unclaimed super payments, including $600,000 to a woman aged over 65 who had recently lost her house in a fire, and to a retired man who received a payment of $120,000," he said. The last figures from the ATO in 2019 estimated ...

Spaceship launches new managed fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... consumer discretionary and healthcare. Fifteen of these are new names not held in other Voyager funds. It is managed in-house by Jason Sedawie, Phoebe Jin and Tommy Rogulj. By sector, it has 18 IT stocks (including Square, Atlassian, Shopify), 10 industrials ...

Morningstar adds ESG to analysis

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
The research house has commenced integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into its analysis of funds, asset managers and individual stocks, calling out subpar approaches to ESG. As a part of Morningstar's ESG Commitment Level ...

Chief economist update: We're not there yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
"Curb your enthusiasm" was the overriding message from the world's top three central bankers at the annual ECB Forum on Central Banking 2020, held online on November 11-12. The head honchos of the US Federal Reserve, European Central Bank and the ...

Aware Super backs electricity transition

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2020
Aware Super is voicing its support for the state government's initiative to modernise the electricity system for New South Wales. The NSW government's newly-unveiled Electricity Infrastructure Roadmap aims to transition the state's electricity supply ...

Off-platform assets consume advisers' time

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... increasingly taking up more of financial advisers' time as many express frustration with the lack of solutions available that can house all of their clients' assets. According to joint research by Praemium and Investment Trends, more than half (59%) ...

Chief economist update: Biden cooks Donald's duck

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... a reboot for America - a cleansing of the division, misinformation and rogue leadership that has characterised the White House over the past four years. Biden's victory speech offers hope. "I pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide, but ...