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ATO extends WFH deductions

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020
Australians will be able to claim 80 cents for every hour they worked at home due to COVID-19, with the ATO extending the simplified tax deduction method until September 30. Taxpayers will only be required to keep a record of the hours they worked from ...

Insurance premiums soar at Qantas Super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
Customers of Qantas Super will see their insurance premiums rise substantially come 1 August 2020 now that the super fund has officially switched insurers to MetLife. The fund blamed a range of factors for the increase, mostly surrounding the effects ...

Chief economist update: We're all Victorians now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
"The Australian economy is going through a very difficult period and is experiencing the biggest contraction since the 1930s... Conditions have, however, stabilised recently and the downturn has been less severe than earlier expected... There has also ...

First State to dump $40m of thermal coal holdings

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020
The $120 billion industry super fund has announced it will divest $40 million of its equity portfolio, including its indexed exposures, from thermal coal miners from October and will reduce greenhouse gas emissions in its listed equities exposures by ...

Qantas Super awards insurance mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020
MLC Life has lost the Qantas Super mandate with the super fund announcing a new mandate. Qantas Super announced MetLife has been awarded the insurance mandate, effective July 1, 2020. The fund said it was pleased to welcome the global insurer, saying ...

Chief economist update: Second waving, not drowning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
While we, Australians all, remain glued tracking the mounting cases of infection in Victoria - one that has prompted the New South Wales government to close its borders with its neighbour south of the Murray River for the first time since the Spanish ...

Rio Tinto decision exposes limits of super engagement

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
A controversial promotion at mining giant Rio Tinto has demonstrated how even the biggest of super funds hold very little sway when it comes to engaging with companies they invest in. Peter Toth, formerly chief executive of OM Holdings, was promoted ...

Advisers switch platforms amid pandemic

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
New research has revealed Australia's financial advisers switched between various investment platforms in their search for better service and support in the wake of the Royal Commission and COVID-19 pandemic. Investment Trends' 2020 Planner Technology ...

New private debt fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2020
Pinnacle boutique Metrics Credit Partners has launched a new fund-of-funds that will invest in direct loans to Australian corporates, with the minimum investment size set at $1000. The Metrics Direct Income Fund is targeting 3.25% per year above the ...

Schroders readies private assets offering

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
The global manager's Australian business has launched a private equity fund for sophisticated investors, with a private debt fund launch chalked in for the second half of the year. The Schroders Specialist Private Equity Fund (SSPEF) is an Australian-domiciled ...