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Super fund satisfaction improves: Roy Morgan

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2024
... still significantly higher than the long-term average of 58.2% from 2007. It is also higher than at any time prior to the pandemic, which saw record high satisfaction amid the Early Release of Super scheme. Roy Morgan chief executive Michele Levine said ...

First trillionaire to emerge in next decade: Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024
... the globe, we have begun a decade of division, with billions of people shouldering the perilous economic shock of the pandemic, inflation, and war, while billionaires' fortunes boom," she said. "At the same time as billionaires are hording more wealth ...

Mild recession in 2024, higher interest rates: Vanguard

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2023
... therefore likely to remain at heightened levels compared with periods following the Global Financial Crisis and COVID-19 pandemic." The fund manager maintains its position on sticking to a 60-40 portfolio, confident in the probability of it achieving ...

APRA flags premium volatility in superannuation group life insurance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2023
... prominent concern in the group life insurance sector, with recent legislative changes and ongoing uncertainties from the pandemic contributing to this issue. However, APRA expects this volatility to decrease moving forward and has committed to continuous ...

ASIC curbs high-risk offers from online trading providers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023
... retail investors, a shift emerging amid the fluctuating market conditions and the decline in retail trading activity post-pandemic. In a report, the corporate regulator said that it took swift action to disrupt certain high-risk offers, or proposed offers ...

Private markets make concrete inroads with advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2023
... Main Street Financial Solutions, sees sophisticated investors' interest in private markets grow since the COVID-19 pandemic as a means to diversify away from equity markets. "We use private equity fund exposure predominantly as a means to help diversify ...

Qantas Super takes merger plans to new heights

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2023
... 84-year-old fund currently has just over 26,000 members. Its ability to gain members suffered in recent years with the pandemic, as did its funds under management when Qantas laid off staff and the fund saw about $1 billion pour out under the ERS sch ...

Inflation problem is homegrown: Bullock

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2023
... numbers as opposed to the supply side, which has dominated over the last few years, particularly at the start of COVID-19. "Pandemic-related supply chain problems occurred at the same time as demand for goods was strong, resulting in a sharp increase ...

Fidelity International chief exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2023
... leave, carers leave and dynamic working, ensuring we are well placed to attract and retain the best talent in a post pandemic world," Johnson said. Richards also announced on LinkedIn that she will be retiring from "full-time executive life and will ...

MA Financial issues first RMBS

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 21 NOV 2023
... see that the securitisation market has played its part in a resilient financial system that mitigated the impact of the pandemic on the economy." Elsewhere, Gryphon Capital Investments chief executive Steve Fleming said: "Our deep lens into the domestic ...