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Homeowners given preferential treatment: RIR

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... about $4000 less Age Pension per year. "Compared with the Age Pension, Commonwealth Rent Assistance is more targeted to lower-wealth households," it said. "About 20% of Age Pension expenditure goes to the top two wealth quintiles, while close to 90% ...

Super fund reappoints insurer

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... provide insurance to its 774,000 members. TAL has committed to delivering a better service and outcomes for Cbus members a lower pricing model with enhanced governance and oversight. Cbus group executive member and employer experience Marianne Walker ...

Chief economist update: Australian wages slow but still grow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... regular September quarter wage rises to later quarters." This comes as no surprise to most blokes and sheilas who have seen a lower dollar figures on their pay slips over the past quarter, but generally - and as the ABS wage price index report shows ...

Fintechs to merge

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... platforms for a government super fund, a profit-for-member super fund and a retail super fund helping their clients comply at a lower cost whilst enabling them to explore new value for their members. The merger will increase InPayTech's revenue by an ...

Shipton's tax bill under scrutiny

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... the chair was appointed to provide taxation advice. Our concerns around that were that the initial advice was for a much lower figure..." Hehir said. "The original decision to undertake the procurement was for $9000." When KPMG was approached to provide ...

Chief economist update: Vaccine optimism sparks AUD resurgence

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... currency rose to around this level back in late-August/early-September after the US Federal Reserve announced a shift into a lower for longer strategy - suggesting that Australian interest rates would be at a premium over US rates going forward and enticing ...

AMP Capital shutters Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... Capital publishes on its website, returned 2.98% p.a. since its 2007 inception net of fees (81 bps per year),which is 0.83% lower than its objective's 3.81% over the period. The wholesale version had marginally better performance than benchmark since ...

Industry fund slashes admin fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... member fees and improve performance in coming years. "As a members-first fund, we want to ensure members benefit from our lower costs and we recognise that any reduction in fees could make a big difference over the long-term," she said. In the past year ...

Chief economist update: Japan's third wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... easing measures if necessary, and also it expects short- and long-term policy interest rates to remain at their present or lower levels," it said. The BOJ downgraded its fiscal year 2020/21 GDP forecast to a contraction of 5.5% from (July's prediction ...

Ironbark to wind up emerging markets fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
... September the fund did -4.62% compared to benchmark's 0.95%. Since inception returns were 1.96% p.a. which is 3.66% lower than the benchmark. BrightSphere Investment Group previously owned 65% of Copper Rock but sold it to the latter's employees ...