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Hundreds of billions ripped from super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
For a moment, Australia's superannuation system was beyond the magic $3 trillion mark. But, COVID-19 momentarily set the sector back, according to new data. Latest Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows the super sector was smashed to the tune of ...

QIC appoints executive director

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
The $80 billion fund manager has hired BMO Global Asset Management's Asia Pacific managing director as an executive director as the incumbent retires. Ravi Sriskandarajah will join QIC as executive director, client solutions and capital on September ...

Chief economist update: The ECB's PEPP economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
When the going gets tough... the European Central Bank (ECB) gets more policy provision going. At its June 4 Governing Council meeting, the central bank raised the size of its Pandemic Emergency Purchase Program (PEPP) by €600 billion to a total of ...

Housing affordability improves

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
Housing affordability marginally improved during the March quarter, with the proportion of income required to meet loan repayments decreasing by 0.1%. The report comes out of industry body REIA, which found that affordability improved in NSW, Queensland ...

Renewed scrutiny for ME Bank

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
Liberal MP Tim Wilson has asked to recall ME Bank to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics after correspondence with ASIC for a hearing later this week. During ME Bank chief executive James McPhee's appearance at the last ...

COVID-19 deepens life insurer losses

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
Australian life insurers posted a net loss of $1.8 billion for the year ending March, taking a significant hit from the previous year's profits of $759 million, according to APRA statistics for March quarter. The life insurance industry had $185.3 billion ...

Grow Super co-founder in alleged betting scandal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
The co-founder of Grow Super, a fund marketed to millennials, has resigned, allegedly as a result of his involvement in an NRL betting scandal. Grow Super co-founder and chief executive Joshua Wilson has stepped down from his role due to the alleged ...

IOOF to provide fee relief to adviser network

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
IOOF has announced a new initiative that will see its network of financial advisers offer free financial guidance to local communities until the end of September. IOOF said it is providing fee relief to its advisers to volunteer 60 hours of their time ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone contraction heads from mild to severe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
"I did my best But I guess, my best wasn't good enough..." - 'Just Once', James Ingram The European Central Bank (ECB) launched a new €750 billion asset purchase programme in March in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The following ...

Super escapes COVID-19 hit

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
Latest data from APRA shows that the superannuation sector has withstood the worst of the COVID-19 financial crisis, falling just 0.3% in a year while bolstering cash reserves. The prudential regulator's latest quarterly superannuation statistics ...