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How key is gender in retirement outcomes?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... laughter from the crowd. "I think, generally speaking that because most people are effectively in a couple, my own personal view is that gender inequality is best served by making sure that fathers have to pay for their mother's time out of the workforce," ...

Pension giant cuts tobacco

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... share is fairly modest in the emerging market debt space. Nest's decision to go tobacco-free is consistent with Amundi's ESG view to cap tobacco companies in our lowest two ratings before exclusion," Amundi co-head of EM fixed income said. "We have seen ...

Fee discounts harder for active ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... rebates," Morris says. This is an abstract of a story first published in the latest print issue of Financial Standard. You can view the full article on our free iPad app.

New AFCA remit not enough: Law firm

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2019
... Lawyers. He said the Department of Treasury has advised it is considering whether and how it will deal with the gap. "Our view is that, as a matter of common sense, it would be inconsistent to not implement an extension of the normal six-year limitation ...

Wealth firm trims Aussie shares

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
... firm run by a former NAB Private Wealth executive has trimmed its allocations to Australian shares as it takes a bearish view on midcaps. Hamilton Wealth Management advises on about $500 million for high net worth clients. It took the decision to pull ...

FPA, AFA partner on life insurance

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
... towards the shared goal of great outcomes for consumers." The task force will also report back to advisers with a common view on what will be required of them after the 2021 review. "The FPA and AFA collectively represent many, many thousands of financial ...

Chief economist update: Another rate cut on the cards

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
... yesterday's news. As Fleetwood Mac sings, "Yesterday's gone, yesterday's gone..." What matters is the forward view. The ABS reports: "Monthly hours worked in all jobs decreased 5.9 million hours to 1,775.0 million hours." Decreasing hours ...

Smart beta now mainstream for instos

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2019
Nearly six in 10 institutional asset owners are now using smart beta strategies in their portfolios, according to a new survey of 178 instos by FTSE Russell. Adoption has doubled what it was five years ago when roughly three in 10 used smart beta. Last ...

Top performing ESG options revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2019
... "It is also important to consider that ESG is uniquely defined by the product providers. Each provider may have a different view on ESG principles compared to the investors and what they deem to be socially or environmentally responsible," he added. ...

Australians retire too wealthy: Grattan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2019
... high was that spending decreases as people enter their 80s. Knox disagreed with this too, saying it was a far too simplistic view. "They turn 80 and they can't take the same holidays as they used to and they don't have as much time because they ...