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Advice chief leaves industry fund giant

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... for McCartney and Yadav. "UniSuper has put the selection process for these roles on hold while we focus on our COVID-19 response," UniSuper told Financial Standard. Meanwhile, non-executive director Neville Kitchen has departed the fund after more than ...

Financial services boards overpaid: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... Report, uses data from November 2019 to detail the key decision-makers facing tough calls in corporate Australia's response to the COVID-19 crisis. According to Apollo chief executive Adam Connolly, the firm's analysis demonstrates the value ...

Queensland funds delay merger

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... QSuper members, and it is in the interests of all members when combined." QSuper members questioned the merger plans in response to an online briefing by chief investment officer Charles Woodhouse earlier this month, asking whether it is appropriate ...

Raiz cuts costs, super increases

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... the first portfolio to have cryptocurrency exposure with a 5% target weighting for Bitcoin," Lucas said. "The customer response to Raiz Sapphire has been very encouraging and we look forward to the formal launch planned for May 2020." The platform will ...

BlackRock turns optimistic on credit

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... highest-conviction underweight is to Euro area. "We are overweight US equities for their relative quality bias and the sizable policy response to the outbreak: large fiscal stimulus coupled with the Federal Reserve's commitment to keep rates low and ...

Property takes $237m hit

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... nation's capital; Canberra. The findings come out of the City Analytics Lab in the Futures Research Centre at UNSW, who in response to the pandemic, developed a COVID-19 Property Market Dashboard for Australia. City Analytics Lab director and chair of ...

ASIC urges insurance flexibility

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... recognising the rapidly changing situation they are facing." ASIC recognised that some insurers introduced flexible options in response to the bushfires of summer 2019-20, and said a similar approach is important again now. "We expect insurers to try ...

COVID-19 will bite into credit ratings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... as before the pandemic." The report charts the distribution of the "contributions to global direct fiscal stimulus in response to COVID-19" as follows: G7 (75.1%); China (10.9%); other sovereigns (10.6%); Australia (3.4%). These countries are the ones ...

LGIAsuper revises down unlisted assets

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
The $12 billion superannuation fund has revised down the value of its property and infrastructure in response to COVID-19, joining AustralianSuper, UniSuper and Hostplus. LGIAsuper reduced the valuation of its property portfolio by 5% and infrastructure ...

Billionaires club rakes in cash amid COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... condition' of extreme inequality could overwhelm not only our economy, but our democracy itself." As part of the emergency response to the pandemic, the institute recommended a crackdown on billionaires. This includes: enacting an excess profits tax ...