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Big year for ESG ahead: MSCI

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
The move towards environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations dominated MSCI's Investment Insights 2021 survey. Around 200 executives at different asset owners were surveyed by phone late last year, representing sovereign wealth funds ...

International investors eye Aussie market

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021
Investors from North America and Europe have said Australia is the investment location of choice in the Asia Pacific region, according to research from Anrev. The annual investment intentions survey found the majority of global institutional investors ...

State Super names new chief investment officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
State Super has appointed a new chief investment officer, replacing Gary Gabriel who departed for VFMC last year. Charles Wu has been affirmed in the role, promoted from deputy chief investment officer and general manager, defined contribution investments. ...

Global equities continue to soar: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
Global equities fared better than Australian equities in the three years to September on a risk adjusted-basis, a new RMetrics report finds. Rainmaker's quarterly RMetrics report looked at Australian and global shares across 270 products. On a risk-adjusted ...

Does financial services have a problem with women?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
A wrongful dismissal case brought by a former IOOF employee detailing sexual harassment and gender discrimination among colleagues has once again shone an unwanted spotlight on the financial services industry, calling into question the sector's ...

Group insurance using shoddy data: Rice Warner

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
The poor quality of group insurance data is conducive to administrative blunders that are notoriously difficult to rectify, according to Rice Warner. Superannuation funds and their life insurance partners are falling short of improving data collection ...

Shipton $200k out of pocket

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
ASIC chair James Shipton has lost out on close to $200,000 in salary since going on a leave of absence last year. The top corporate cop went on a leave of absence in October last year as he awaited an outcome of a review into his remuneration arrangements. ...

MySuper eyes growth asset returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
MySuper products are achieving near growth-like returns yet incurring investment risk closer to that of balanced products on average, new research shows. Rainmaker's latest RMetrics report found the 55 MySuper funds analysed delivered three-year ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone at risk of double-dip

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
The longer the Eurozone takes to get on top of the resurgence, the longer the lockdowns, the greater the risk of a double-dip recession. COVID-19 infections in Europe started re-appearing and multiplying sometime around October last year. The growth ...

Platforms start to shake ERS impact

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2021
Platform inflows are returning to normal as the impact of government's early release of superannuation starts to wear off, according to Credit Suisse. In the September quarter, platforms reported $1.9 billion in outflows. However, if you exclude $3.9 ...