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Chief economist update: RBNZ keeps policy steady on unsteady outlook

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021
... it said. The RBNZ judges that the risks to the economic outlook remains balanced but stressed that, "it was prepared to lower the OCR if required".

NAB MySuper class action heads to Federal Court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
... damage does not extend to prospective loss". The lead plaintiff claims a loss was suffered in the form of higher fees and lower investment returns, and a consequential reduction in the amount he and members of the class action have received or can expect ...

Chief economist update: No fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
... historical average of 38.0% in 19 out of the past 21 weeks. Bearish sentiment dropped to a two-year low reading of 20.4% and is lower than its historical average of 30.5% for the ninth straight week this year. Never mind the recent back up in bond yields ...

MySuper fees could halve in 10 years

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
... research Alex Dunnin said the firm's research continues to see evidence of concerted efforts by fund trustee boards to lower fees. "Australia's superannuation system has long been considered to be a well-priced system charging fees around the ...

ASIC cracks down on binary options

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
... traded them with a contract duration of less than six minutes. And, often the expected payoff for a binary option contract is lower than the initial investment. "Binary options' product characteristics make them incompatible with investment or risk management ...

New hybrids ETF on Chi-X

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
... choice for many investors over the last decade, producing returns that have been slightly less than equity markets, with much lower risk. Current margins of around 3% above the cash rate compare favourably with the post-2010 average margin of 3.4% and ...

Unlisted assets deliver modest returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
... New research reveals that MySuper products with high weightings to unlisted assets provide modest returns but contribute lower volatility and higher autocorrelation. Rainmaker's latest RMetric report sought to find out if the performance of MySuper ...

Risk inflows stagnant, satisfaction varies

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
... to February 2021 followed by Medibank (81.9%), Zurich (77.6%), Westpac (74.5%), MLC Life (74.4%) and AIA (71.3%). On the lower end of the spectrum was TAL Group at 67.2% and AMP at 54.4%. "A customer satisfaction gap of 32.9% across the industry, from ...

Clime revamps strategy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
... increased project costs. The relaunch of the Clime International Fund, supported by Mercer as portfolio manager and with lower fees, is also considered part of the project, as is an overall product consolidation effort and increased platform availability ...

Aberdeen Standard rejigs Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021
... exclusions from ASI research, use negative screening for particular revenue streams, and target carbon intensity of least 20% lower than its benchmark, the S&P /ASX200 Accumulation Index. Lopez said the fund will invest in stocks it sees as "improvers" ...