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Chief economist update: Dan defeats second wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
Bitter and painful as the medicine may be, it's starting to work downunder. Melbourne's 14-day average of coronavirus infections continues to trend lower, this day at 32.8 persons - within the average 30-50 case rate that the Andrews government ...

ERS tab hits $33.3bn

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
... inception on April 20, AustralianSuper has coughed up the most in payments ($4.5 billion), followed by Sunsuper ($3.2 billion), REST ($3 billion) and Hostplus ($2.8 billion). The 10 funds with the highest number of applications received from the ATO ...

Contango approves new WCM strategy

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
The board of listed investment company Contango Income Generator (ASX: CIE) has voted in favour of adopting a new strategy which will see the portfolio managed by an $85 billion California-based global and emerging markets equities manager. The board ...

Chief economist update: Yoshihide and the yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
So far fresh Prime Minister of Japan Yoshihide Suga is off to a good start. The Prime Minister takes over from Shinzo Abe at a time when the global economy appears to have seen the worst of the coronavirus pandemic. Many governments have eased/lifted ...

Chief economist update: As luck would have it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020
"Australians all let us rejoice... in joyful strains then let us sing, Advance Australia Fair." It wasn't supposed to go this way. Given the re-imposition of lockdown in Melbourne and most Australian states "closed border" policy, financial markets ...

Zurich distribution chief joins boutique

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020
Zurich's chief distribution officer, life and investments is set to depart, taking on a new role with a boutique fund manager from December. The executive overseeing its group insurance proposition is also set to depart as the insurer restructures ...

Rest climate change case pushes ahead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... stoush with one of its members over the fund's approach to climate change is pushing ahead, with a trial fast approaching. Rest and Mark McVeigh have a hearing for a dispute on discovery and privilege today before mediation on September 22 and a ...

Super funds accused of chest beating on climate change

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... 2050 target. About 55% of funds (including AustralianSuper, BT, CareSuper, CBA Super, Hostplus, Macquarie, Mercer, QSuper, Rest, Sunsuper and TelstraSuper) were undertaking activities to reduce portfolio emissions intensity but were not aiming for net ...

Advice too expensive, hard to access: FPA

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
New research has revealed COVID-19 has altered Australian spending behaviour, with more households in a fragile financial position than ever before and facing reduced access to financial advice. The research from CoreData, presented at the Financial ...

Managed funds recover FUM losses

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... over the year to June, Challenger led in terms of growth at 25.7% followed by BlackRock at 16.5% and Vanguard at 6.4%. The rest of the leading wholesale managers suffered lower results with NAB/MLC at -20.6%, Pendal at -8.9%, Victorian Funds at -7.6% ...