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VanEck readies new ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... "Investors are demanding action on climate change and increasingly they are demanding investment products that facilitate a lower carbon future. CLNE responds to this need."

Public sector super satisfaction rises

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... Macquarie receiving the highest score at 72.9% followed by OnePath, Mercer, MLC and Colonial First State. Satisfaction was lower for members of retail funds run by the big four banks, coming in at 61.4%. Levine said the impact of the fall in stock valuations ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street can't have its cake and eat it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... start raising interest rates (after the GFC) in December 2016 (and continued to do so) even when inflation expectations were lower than present. Then again, current actual inflation measures - no matter how inflation is measured - remain below the Fed's ...

Mergers prompt 13% fee drop

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
... "Responsible super funds are looking to find merger partners so they can pass efficiency gains on to members in the form of lower fees," O'Halloran said. "While the mergers are encouraging, we hoped to see more underperforming funds opt to merge ...

Chief economist update: Australia's not jobless recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
... that, Bjorn Jarvis, head of labour statistics at the ABS, pointed out that: "Nationally, employment was only 59,000 people lower than March 2020, having fallen by 872,000 people early in the pandemic." Wait, there's more! The details of the report ...

Limited advice overdue for disruption

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
... cohort from the type of advice that could potentially make a positive and significant impact in their lives. "They have lower financial literacy, [have] less savings and interest, and less likely to be supporting themselves in retirement. They are also ...

To keep or not to keep JobKeeper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
... confidence over their job prospects. This compares with the 8.0% unemployment rate the RBA forecast for end-year 2020 and lower than the Treasury's already lowered MYEFO (Mid-Year Economic and Financial Outlook) prediction for the jobless rate to ...

To merge or not to merge?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
... be needs to be done in conjunction with members' best interests in mind, and noted bigger funds do not always lead to lower fees. "Smaller funds are delivering lower fees and better returns than some of the mega funds, so it's not that big is ...

Age pension spending to rise: ISA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
... "Figures from the government's own Retirement Income Review reveal ditching the increase would leave all income groups with lower lifetime disposable incomes," it said. "A plan to make the increases optional, forcing workers to pay for their own wage ...

AMP Capital still being dressed up for sale

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021
... in late 90's." In the end, Somasundaram expects AMP or its component parts to be sold, but he warns it could be at a lower price that what the company is currently trading at. "It hasn't been investment grade for years. If you don't know ...