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Super release widens gender gap: AMP

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... widening the gender superannuation gap, as a higher proportion of women draw down on their super savings to weather the COVID-19 crisis. The analysis, coming out of AMP, found that 21% of women were withdrawing their starting super balances, compared ...

Super fund appoints strategy lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... growth strategy and transformation to a digitally-led, member-centric and customer-driven fund," he said. Yassine also said COVID-19 has exposed the significant challenge and opportunity for superannuation in Australia. "We believe the sector has a significant ...

Chief economist update: Better than all the rest

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... heads listening to Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe's remarks before the Senate Select Committee on COVID-19. Straight from the governor's mouth: "The evidence so far is that our mid-March package is working as expected and ...

FICAP sponsors donate $150k despite postponement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... be a Rockstar fundraiser event have donated close to $150,000 to charity, despite the event having been postponed due to COVID-19. All 41 of the Financial Industry Community Aid Program's 2020 sponsors have agreed to donate their respective event ...

Let's not waste the crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... economic implications of the pandemic hitting poorer, vulnerable workers harder than most. "It was initially surmised that COVID-19 did not discriminate based on socio-economic factors," she said. "However, what has become clear is that it is people ...

SMSFs to weather the storm

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... Bluechip shares, but most of my clients can ride through it." The issue, Shorte said, is the potential for a second wave of the COVID-19 outbreak leading to further social distancing measures. "That's the biggest fear for most SMSF trustees," he said. ...

Is the worst yet to come?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... "Australia, to some extent, is caught in the middle of a much bigger story between the US and China," he said. "I think, as the COVID crisis has indicated, things that we think are very low probability can actually happen and I don't think we should ...

APRA quashes super liquidity concerns

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... to allow Australians early access to their superannuation. Appearing alongside ASIC before the Senate Select Committee on COVID-19 on Thursday, APRA revealed superannuation funds haven't had any serious liquidity issues as a result of the Early Release ...

Collapse of REITs spells opportunity: SG Hiscock

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
Despite Australia's real estate investment trusts dropping 49% during the COVID-19 sell-off, boutique fund manager SG Hiscock believes now is an opportune time to increase exposures to real estate. Now trading up 45% since their March 23 lows, SG Hiscock ...

COVID-19 poses unique human rights threats

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
COVID-19 is posing distinct threats to the digital human rights of people all over the world, with consequences for companies and investors. In a new paper Robeco head of sustainability integration Masja Zandbergen expressed the belief that if digital ...