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More members monitoring superannuation

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
More than half of superannuation members surveyed by MLC reveal they are taking their retirement savings more seriously and are watching the stock markets more closely than ever. About 53% of the 1004 participants that took part in the survey said they ...

Mandates will flow to transparency: Survey

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
... funds with lower levels of reporting and transparency, and a further 32% believe there will be a slight increase. The other major trend identified by the survey is pressure on fees. A third (33%) of survey responders said there will be a dramatic increase ...

Grant Thornton sells private wealth division

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
Grant Thornton Australia has sold its private wealth business to its senior team members. The small private wealth team consists of Jon Black, Joanne Kenderes and Laura Perresini. They are the majority owners of Oreana Private, aligned with dealer group ...

Property Funds Association appoints president

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021
... income returns and capital growth. The opportunities to use direct property funds for greater diversification is also a major benefit to investors," he said. "It's an exciting time to be in commercial property investment. The innovation we are seeing ...

Go, iron ore, go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2021
... others ex-China and surging iron ore prices. The Lucky Country is getting luckier. For not only will the higher price of its major commodity export contribute to its growth renaissance, it'll also reduce Australia's budget deficit. In its Mid-Year ...

BetaShares launches hybrids ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021
... launched a new ETF that invests in ASX-listed preference shares issued by the big four Australian banks. The BetaShares Major Bank Hybrids Index ETF (ASX: BHYB) will invest in ASX-listed, AUD denominated preference share issues with a market cap of at ...

Rice Warner prepares to shut up shop

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021
... consulting activities. We have built a business which will be a formidable addition to the capabilities of our new employer, a major multi-disciplinary global consulting firm," Rice Warner said. "We consider that our brand and reputation has set us aside ...

How managers win ESG mandates

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021
New research from Investment Trends has revealed how investors choose ESG product providers, and it's bad news for some of the big names in funds management. According to the research, conducted by Investment Trends and Australian Ethical, 87% of ...

Chief economist update: Tomorrow never dies

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 APR 2021
... headlines concerning the confluence of the three C's - capital gains tax, coronavirus and climate change - sending its four major benchmark equity indices in the red and dragging down most others around the world. Certainly, the three C's are ...

Institutional mandates shrink

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
Local institutional investors appointed 313 mandates totaling $43 billion in 2020, down from $51 billion the year before, according to Rainmaker's latest Mandate Chaser report. State Street was the biggest winner in institutional mandates in 2020 ...