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MLC Life loses super fund mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2019
An $8.5 billion corporate superannuation fund has swapped out MLC Life Insurance for another provider after eight years. Qantas Super will now use OnePath Life as its insurance partner, with an expected start date of 1 July 2020. The fund started to ...

Chief economist update: Changing to Lagarde

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019
As expected, the European Central Bank (ECB) kept monetary policy settings unchanged at its 12 December Governing Council meeting. "...the interest rate on the main refinancing operations and the interest rates on the marginal lending facility and the ...

Best performing global equities strategies

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
Magellan has the stronghold on 10-year returns but a small Sydney boutique has quietly taken the lead on one-year basis with 31% returns to October end in the latest Morningstar institutional survey. Magellan is the undisputed best performer on a 10-year ...

Integration of super advice business completes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
The integration of StatePlus into $77 billion industry fund First State Super is being tied up. The ASIC Financial Adviser Register showed hundreds of StatePlus financial advisers as 'ceased' earlier this week. This was an administrative action as StatePlus ...

Chief economist update: Businesses remain unmoved by low rates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
The National Australia Bank's (NAB) latest Business Survey report shows business conditions remained unchanged at a reading of +4 in November (from October) but business confidence fell to a reading of zero, negating October's two-point increase ...

Elders FP to shutter

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
Elders Financial Planning will be wound down over the coming months, the dealer group has confirmed. In a statement to Financial Standard, a spokesperson for Elders Financial Planning confirmed a decision to close the dealer group was reached at the ...

Chief economist update: It's Christmas time in the city

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2019
"Oh the weather outside is frightful..." While a "phase one" deal between the US and China appears to be close (again), it's still prudent not to write-off the possibility of a re-escalation in the tariff wars given Trump's recent targeting ...

AMP cuts ongoing advice agreements

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019
AMP announced it will introduce annual agreements for clients who currently receive ongoing financial advice. During 2020, ongoing advice agreements will be phased out for all AMP-aligned and employed advice networks. "We have been considering the best ...

Super funds to crack 13% by year end, retail leading

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2019
Superannuation funds are on their way to deliver 13% for the calendar year, and so far retail funds are outstripping industry funds' MySuper returns by 1.8%. The MySuper Index from SelectingSuper returned 10.9% for the 12 months to October end ...

Chief economist update: The Grinch steals Christmas

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2019
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) disappointed no one when it kept the official cash rate unchanged at a record low 0.75% after the conclusion of its December 3 meeting. This is perfectly rational: Monetary policy operates with a lag - it takes about ...