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Childcare costs drag women's nest egg

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
... and family care responsibilities; better access to health care, childcare, and family planning; and expanded support for small businesses and the self-employed. Programs offering worker (re)training and hiring subsidies targeted at workers who face greater ...

New investment manager enters Aussie market

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
... becoming more politically constrained," Feng said. "Without those constraints and comprehensive, fundamental coverage of small and mid-cap stocks, we easily differentiate and add value." Fullgoal has retained 3PD, founded by Robert Harrison and Steven ...

US upbeat on stimulus, vaccination

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
... out its balance sheet by about US$304 trillion, making its initiatives during the Global Financial Crisis "look a little small", he said. One question he is asked frequently is: what potential problems will this mountain of debt create? "Unfortunately ...

AMP launches new intra-fund advice offer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
... is where the health check comes in, arming members with important information about the changes they can make now, even small ones, that can amount to big benefits later in life." The new offering will sit within AMP's Super Simple Advice intra-fund ...

Super fund halves admin fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2021
An $11.2 billion superannuation fund will halve its administration fees later this month. Mine Super is reducing its MySuper administration fees by a whopping 50%, dropping to $52 per year from $104. "We know the fees you pay today can make a big difference ...

Colonial Super Retirement Fund rejigs managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2021
... Alphinity Concentrated Australian Shares is taking Ausbil's spot, among other changes in the asset class. In Australian small caps, CFS Wholesale Small Companies Fund (Core) will be replaced by First Sentier's Australian Small Companies. The ...

Prime Value hires from MLC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2021
... background lets it play to its strengths across several asset classes. "Prime Value's approach can be seen in its concentrated small caps vehicle, the high performing Prime Value Emerging Opportunities Fund," he said. "Prime Value's unique approach applies ...

VanEck launches new ETFs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2021
... range of ETFs, announcing two new offerings to join its new Global Clean Energy ETF. The VanEck Vectors MSCI International Small Companies Quality ETF (QSML) and VanEck Vectors MSCI International Value ETF (VLUE) will soon commence trading on ASX, along ...

Stimulus, ERS boost financial comfort

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
... In contrast, on average, households with 'mid 5-7 comfort levels' reported comfort at a record level, following another small increase of 1% to an index of 6.47 in December 2020, while the comfort of households with 'high 8-10 comfort levels' rose by ...

Global investor confidence suffers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
Global investor confidence has decreased since the start of the year, with large drops in Asia and Europe dragging down the index, according to State Street. The Global Investor Confidence Index decreased to 91.9, down 8.9 points from January's revised ...