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GMO launches local climate fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2021
... Change Trust will provide Australian investors with access to GMO's existing Climate Change Strategy fund. Since inception in April 2017 the GMO Climate Change Strategy has consistently outperformed its benchmark and currently has US$917 million in assets ...

Economic recap: Week to September 24

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2021
... ever since they got the first whiff of "taper" in the air. This started when the minutes of the US Federal Reserve's April 27-28 FOMC meeting revealed that: "A number of participants suggested that if the economy continued to make rapid progress ...

Super fund portfolio disclosure consultation reopens

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2021
... accessible via the fund's website. First-round consultations for the proposed regulations took place between from 28 April 2021 to 25 May 2021. Hume announced yesterday that the government has proposed several amendments and a new round of consultations. ...

Economic recap: Week to August 13

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2021
... 108.8 in July. This is the lowest reading in 11 months and a sharp 12.4% decline from the 12-year high of 118.8 recorded in April this year - before the government went "soft hearted" and gave in to to pressure of allowing the repatriation of 6000 stranded ...

Economic recap: Week to August 6

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
... basis points and the interest rate on Exchange Settlement balances of 0% maintain the target of 10 basis points for the April 2024 Australian government bond continue to purchase government securities at the rate of $5 billion a week until early September ...

Final YFYS regulations out, government "backflips" on admin fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
... test results before August 31. The government conceded to including the administration fees in the performance tests in April 28 draft regulations, after their omission was panned by many industry participants and ahead of the bill being put to vote. ...

AMP sued over corporate super misconduct

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
... at the time of the conduct, part of the AMP Limited group. The conduct is said to have taken place between July 2015 and April 2019, involving AMP Superannuation, AMP Life (now Resolution Life NZ), AMP Financial Planning, AMP Services, Charter Financial ...

Economic recap: Week to July 9

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
At its July 6 meeting, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept the cash rate unchanged at 0.1% and retained the April 2024 bond as "the bond for the yield target" - against speculation that it would roll this over to the November 2024 bond. At the ...

ASIC announces advice affordability findings

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2021
... consumers (CP 332). The majority of the 466 respondents, who took part during consultations in November 2020 and then again in April 2021, said they want to use the term 'limited advice'. However, several barriers impede the provision of limited ...

Economic recap: Week to July 2

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2021
... better in May (-6.4% from -7.8%) while growth in housing credit quickened to an annual rate of 4.8% in May (from 4.4% in April) with both owner-occupied housing (6.6% vs. 6.2%) and investment housing (1.6% vs. 1.1%) picking up pace. This makes the continued ...