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Aware Super cuts carbon emissions by 40%

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
... investment mix." He added that the highest Australian listed carbon emitters excluded by Aware's new benchmarks returns an average of 7% per annum over the past 20 years, compared to an 8.5% return for the ASX overall. "In just the first month we have ...

Advice for all could add $630bn to economy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2020
... spending on the Age Pension would reduce by 21.6%. For individuals, personal annual incomes would rise by 30.6% or $24,716 on average. At present, less than 40% of Australians receive professional advice. If just 10% more of the population were to take ...

US analysts fail to add value

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... million analyst forecasts in 45 countries between 1994 and 2019 it has been found that US analysts fail to outperform on average. The research paper, titled Analyst Recommendations and Anomalies Across the Globe by Victor Azvevedo and Sebastian Muller ...

Retirement costs keep rising: ASFA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... associations like ASFA believe. "Over the year to September 2020 official figures indicate that wages grew by only 1.4% on average for the entire economy, and by only 1.3% in the private sector," ASFA said. "Increases in retirement costs are outstripping ...

AFCA pivots to member experience

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... recent annual report, AFCA revealed complaints had risen to 80,546 from 47,223, which is a 14% increase in the monthly average compared to the last financial year. Of these, it resolved 76,681 complaints and awarded or obtained $258.6 million in compensation ...

Which longevity product yields the highest income?

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
The report modelled average annual retirement income from three types of longevity products for retirement income. Here's what came out on top. It found allocating 100% of retirement assets to a group self-annuity starting at 67 would yield the best ...

Give the people advisers: Retirement Income Review

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... switched investment options between February and April 2020 (during the market volatility sparked by COVID-19) and on average they moved 84% of their account balance. Only 1.8% of retirees receiving advice switched options during the same period, and ...

Household capital remains key: RIR

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... income, have more than tripled over the period. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), in 2017-18, on average, the family home continued to be a household's largest asset in dollar terms, followed by superannuation. "The value of ...

New trustee for Spaceship

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... 2017 and added a managed funds business called Spaceship Voyager in 2018, offering two low-cost equities funds with the average investor a 30-year-old worker. It recently launched Earth Portfolio as the third fund within Spaceship Voyager.

Aussies reunited with $1bn in lost super

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... inflation. ASFA deputy chief executive Glen McCrea said the money could vary from small sums to thousands of dollars but the average will be about $1600. "Last year the ATO transferred a number of large unclaimed super payments, including $600,000 to ...