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Balanced options in the red, but only just

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
The balanced options of the majority of the country's super funds are only just in the red after suffering through an unprecedented period of market volatility. Rainmaker Information executive director of research Alex Dunnin argues they have made ...

Pension fund in divestment hoax

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020
... divesting immediately with a goal of reaching overall carbon neutrality by 2030. The release was picked up by a number of major European news outlets before the fund's head of communications and ownership Johan Floren - who was named as a spokesperson ...

Favour turns to active management

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
Amid the market volatility the COVID-19 pandemic ushered in, a new survey has revealed that sentiment is turning in favour of active investment management. The Natixis Investment Managers survey found that 79% of finance professionals globally and 78% ...

AFCA sees 14% rise in complaints

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... complaints were about general insurance claims, at 1813, with more than 1500 of these being travel insurance complaints. Another major issue for consumers was credit with 1711 complaints, with almost a quarter of these being about a failure to respond ...

Super reform should happen, but not now: Grattan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... for once, the urgent really is important," he said. "Given the size of this agenda, if governments try to prosecute other major reforms over the next six months or more, they are likely to do them badly. In government, as in business, trying to do too ...

Chant West, Zenith agree on acquisition

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
Chant West is shelving its legal proceedings against Zenith, as the latter comes back to the table on its planned acquisition, which will see Chant West chief executive Brendan Burwood exit the business. The two companies completed a business sales ...

Bank hires new wealth chief

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
A major bank has announced the appointment of a new banking and wealth chief while revealing a new operating model. Suncorp named Clive van Horen as its new banking and wealth chief executive, saying the appointment brings significant retail and business ...

Chief economist update: The All Ords' ups, downs and ups

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
... after it cut the fed funds rate three times (in July, September and October) while at the same time, and along with other major world central banks, offering forward guidance that monetary policy would remain accommodative going forward. So much so ...

Industry super pours $19.5bn into Australian recovery

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
... $120 billion in capital raised by local businesses at the end of the Global Financial Crisis. "Industry super funds hold a major stake in Australia's economic life," it said. "They invest in Australian listed companies - holding 10% of the ASX - are ...

Trust in advisers wanes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
... global investor survey, conducted at the back end of last year by the CFA Institute, shows Australia rank sixth out of 15 major markets when it comes to trust in financial services - just 24% of Aussie investors say they trust the industry. This is down ...