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Pension fund members incur post-Brexit fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
The United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund is investigating why some European banks are now imposing fees on benefit payments in what looks like an unforeseen consequence of Brexit. Some beneficiaries have seen fees of up to €25 charged on their ...

APRA commends super funds on tough year

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
The prudential regulator had mostly positive things to say around Australia's superannuation industry last year as it released its annual review. The APRA 2020 Year in Review highlighted the difficult circumstances faced by those under its watch, with ...

AMP Capital lags on sustainable inflows

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021
The Australasian sustainable funds sector reported a record $1.8 billion of inflows throughout the December quarter but AMP Capital missed out on the rush. Morningstar's latest Sustainable Investing Landscape for Australian Fund Investors revealed AMP ...

IFM to acquire energy company

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
IFM Investors, together with a global pension fund, are set to acquire a clean, low-carbon energy company Enwave. QIC has also bought into the same company in a separate transaction. IFM and the $210 billion Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board ...

Gender diversity has a way to go: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
Only 10 publicly listed companies in Australia have made it onto the Bloomberg 2021 Gender-Equality Index (GEI), despite a record number of companies that disclosed data. From financial services, companies that made the index include Commonwealth Bank ...

Billionaires profit from pandemic: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
The nation's wealthiest saw their fortunes increase by nearly $85 billion during the COVID-19 pandemic, a global survey highlighting the widening income-inequity gap shows. Thirty-one Australian billionaires saw their bank balances swell between March ...

Market rotation signals win for value: Maple-Brown Abbott

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
The emerging market rotation from growth to value signals a trend which may see valuations adjust significantly in 2021, according to Maple-Brown Abbott. Head of Australian equities Dougal Maple-Brown said the market is at the beginning of a new cycle ...

Chief economist update: Inflation lifted by smokers with young children and homebuilders

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
Australia's consumer prices continue to recover from the 1.9% drop in the June 2020 quarter - the largest quarterly fall in the 72 year history of the CPI. However, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported that the country's headline inflation ...

Charity LIC chief executive to depart

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
Future Generation companies' chief executive Louise Walsh will leave after six years and look for new role. Walsh will step down from the role in April. Wilson Asset Management chief executive Kate Thorley, who is also a director at Future Generation ...

Money does buy happiness: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
Despite the well-known saying to the contrary, new research suggests money does in fact buy happiness. A study conducted by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) in the US found that while personal wellbeing does not increase above ...