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ClearView consolidates super, pension plans

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2022
... members of the now-shuttered product. The five options are Guaranteed Cash, Cautious 30, Prudent 50, Assertive 70 and Aggressive 95. As an example, members in the ClearView Super Conservative option were paying ongoing fees and costs of 2.71% and will ...

US Fed indicates several more half-percentage rate rises

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
... news conference. GSFM investment strategist Stephen Miller said Powell's comments reinforced the Federal Reserve's aggressive stance and that volatility would ensue. Miller said: "The Fed is engaged in the most delicate of central bank high-wire acts ...

BlackRock launches ESG model portfolios

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022
... There are five portfolios, all catering to a different risk preference: Conservative, Balanced, Moderate, Growth and Aggressive. They are managed by the BlackRock MASS team and have so far received a Superior rating from SQM Research and been made available ...

NGS to reduce emissions 35% in three years

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2022
... aiming to reduce its carbon footprint by 35% by 2025 en route to its 2030 net carbon zero target. "We have set this very aggressive target of 2030 to decarbonise the portfolio, and we are much more confident at this point in time that we can make material ...

US Federal Reserve enacts biggest rate hike in 22 years

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022
The US Federal Reserve has raised rates by 0.5%, the most aggressive interest rate increase in over 20 years. In his opening statement, Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said: "Inflation is much too high, and we understand the hardship it is causing ...

LGIAsuper reduces fees, adds indexed option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2022
... members. Effective March 31, the total of investment and administration fees have been reduced across LGIAsuper's MySuper, Aggressive, Diversified Growth, Balanced, Socially Responsible Balanced, International Shares, Property and Diversified Fixed Interest ...

'We're living in the world China is making': Conference

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2022
... and extreme punishments for dissidents. "Under Xi Jinping, China has taken a much more hardline, assertive and even aggressive approach to the world," Grant said. This is a long way from 2014 when Xi Jinping came to Australia and Tony Abbott described ...

US stocks crumble after Jerome Powell's hawkish comments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2022
From its daily peak, the SP500 index fell 2.61% after Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell flagged aggressive rate hikes. At an International Monetary Fund panel discussion, Powell said: "It is appropriate, in my view, to be moving a little more quickly." ...

Consumer advocates criticise advice review

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022
... Commission that its sales incentives to staff - including commissions, a 'boat party' and a trip to Bali - encouraged aggressive and inappropriate sales, in particular to vulnerable customers. "The advice review is a critical opportunity to build a pathway ...

Water, water everywhere but nothing to drink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2022
... and have continued to track higher in the early days of the New Year. This would have been a positive indication that aggressive fiscal and monetary policy counter-pandemic measures have succeeded. Indeed, along with easing social restrictions and the ...