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How early release impacts the ASX

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... better placed than those with active ones, as they automatically sell a higher dollar value of large, liquid companies, and a lower dollar value of small, less liquid companies, when they raise cash, Shead explained. Passive or active, Mao argues any ...

QSuper not to appeal AFCA win

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... was entitled to a refund on overpaid premiums from QSuper for about two and a half years because he had been eligible for lower "professional" occupational rates that the fund introduced on 1 July 2016. QSuper refused to refund Lam, saying on 27 May ...

ME Bank saga could impact super funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
ME Bank has come under fire after customers received letters telling them the redraw balances on their mortgages had been dramatically slashed without any warning. One letter from ME Bank, seen by Financial Standard, showed a customer's redraw balance ...

Industry fund swaps insurers

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... unit per week for death cover, while weekly general cover for both death and TPD will be $1.459. These rates are slightly lower for white collar workers or professionals, as $0.740 per week for a unit of death cover, and $1.179 both death and TPD. Members ...

Opportunities abound in COVID-19 environment

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... be a positive for businesses as they begin to recover, he argued. "Interest rates will also assist recovery and will stay lower for longer, possibly for years to come," Xiradis said. He recommends investors build a deep and granular understand of each ...

Super switching three times higher: CFS

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... "This suggests there are members who understand that super is a long term investment but are prepared to take advantage of lower prices in the middle of a crisis." The data also revealed that pre-retirees (aged between 50-64) were the most likely to ...

Aussie banks battered by pandemic

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... stress with prudently managing capital to remain able to provide ongoing credit support to the broader economy," he said. Lower earnings in recent periods has put pressure on capital generation and their ability to sustain dividends, Dring argued. "The ...

Early release of super numbers revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... a week. Last week it received 65,000. Rainmaker head of research Alex Dunnin said the numbers from APRA super funds are lower than some of the more dire initial predictions. "The figures from APRA and super funds on the early access to superannuation ...

ESG-themed funds fall short of expectations

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... a systematic low volatility and quality-factor investing process for a strongly diversified portfolio that incorporates lower carbon-risk scoring but does not totally eliminate fossil-fuel exposure," the Morningstar report noted. "AMP Capital Ethical ...

How Cbus is servicing early release requests

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
... early as permitted by government's COVID response legislation. It has totaled $384.8 million so far, which Fok said is lower than what it expected. Superannuation funds were asked to provide their modelling of early release amounts and numbers by ...