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Chief economist update: The recession is over

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
The Australian recession is over! This was what Reserve Bank of Australia deputy governor Guy Debelle implicitly told a Senate Estimates virtual hearing when he said :"At the moment it looks like the September quarter for the country probably recorded ...

Aware Super in-houses fund administration

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2020
... Member experience includes fund administration, and communication and engagement with members -- which will all be done in-house after the switch. Aware already has a telephone contact centre in Melbourne while Mercer has provided certain communication ...

Boutique hires from MLC Asset Management

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2020
... around since 2001, when its key investment management team left National Mutual. It has been doing retail distribution in-house since 2016. In 2019, it merged with discretionary portfolio manager DMP Asset Management, as it looked to broaden its client ...

Chief economist update: Victoria's victory

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2020
"This day belongs to every single Victorian, every single Victorian who has followed the rules, stayed the course, worked with me and my team, to bring this second wave to an end." This was what state premier Dan Andrews told all Victorians and the ...

Perpetual equities fund cops ratings downgrade

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2020
... wrote in the review. "A good example of this is Crown Resorts, the second-largest holding as at September 2020." The ratings house noted success in such investments depends on stock rerating on business or management reform, which is not a guarantee ...

Chief economist update: A V, a W and an L

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2020
... and services sectors are optimistic over the outlook for business activity in 2021, giving the next occupant of the White House a better starting point. The letter W. The IHS/Markit flash Eurozone PMI for October confirmed current concerns over the second ...

AustralianSuper ratings slide at Morningstar

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
... represent the analyst's conviction on the fund's potential to outperform its peers. As a part of it, the ratings house put greater emphasis on fees (for example, it started to rate different share classes of the same fund separately). It also ...

Chief economist update: The UK's new plan... after two plans

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
Multiplying rates of coronavirus infections forced the UK government to impose strict lockdown measures, giving "bobbies" power to fine people leaving their homes for "non-essential" reasons on March 23. These restrictions were then gradually eased ...

Super needs improvement: Report card

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
Australia's pension system has fallen short of its world-class status, according to a global study, which rated the $3 trillion superannuation industry a 'B'. The Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index ranked Australia fourth out of 39 ...

Sunsuper cops rating downgrades

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... balanced option has consistently outperformed the industry average over rolling three, five, seven and 10 years." The research house said it was reassuring that Sunsuper did not run into any problems with demand for liquidity as a result of early release ...