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Industry funds triumph July performance

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
UniSuper and AustralianSuper have come out on top of the leaderboard for personal and workplace superannuation over the longer term but couldn't keep up in the last 12 months, according to the latest figures from Rainmaker Information. UniSuper's default ...

Chief economist update: RBA increases and extends TFF

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept domestic interest rates unchanged - the targets for the official cash rate at 0.25% and the yield on 3-year Australian Government bonds at 25 basis points - at its September meeting, as expected. What came as ...

Northern Trust races up custody league tables

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
This year's market turmoil has shuffled the lineup of biggest custody players, with NAB Asset Servicing falling two spots and Northern Trust inching up to the second-largest custodian in Australia. Australian Custodial Services Association's ...

Challenges on the horizon for CountPlus

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
CountPlus recorded an increase of net profit after tax to $5.95 million in FY20 from $3.68 million ahead of future challenges to its Count Financial business. The accounting firm increased its cash to $21.11 million, up from $8.5 million in the preceding ...

QIC portfolio manager moves to Funds SA

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
The $34 billion public investment manager has hired a new portfolio manager for debt and liquid alternatives from QIC. Petar Bogdanovic spent 15 years at QIC, working in a variety of roles across fixed interest portfolio management, interest rate strategy ...

COVID-19 may delay retirement: WTW

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
A new report from Willis Towers Watson suggests the effects of COVID-19 could delay a person's retirement by as much as eight years. WTW said a range of factors caused by the COVID-19 pandemic mean superannuation fund members may need to keep working ...

Another AMP worker recounts campaign of harassment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2020
A new whistleblower has come forward, recounting what amounts to a campaign of harassment and a derailing of her career at AMP, leading several other former employees to do the same. The account from the whistleblower was read to the Senate by Senator ...

Retail investors surpass one million

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020
The retail investor population has surged 41% since the beginning of the year, with now more than one million punters trying to profit from recent market volatility. In Investment Trends 2020 1H Online Investing Report, the research house found the ...

ASIC warns Indigenous Australians over scams

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
In light of the National Scams Awareness Week, the corporate regulator is urging Indigenous Australians to be wary of scams. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission is one of the agencies responsible for the National Indigenous Consumer ...

Calls for consent forms, opt-ins to be scrapped

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
Synchron and Lifespan Financial Planning have thrown their weight behind a radical policy suggestion from the Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals (AIOFP). The dealer groups put their names to a document by AIOFP executive director ...