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One in four Aussies have no super account

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2021
... account. Finder surveyed 1004 Australians, finding that 24% - approximately 4.6 million people - have no super account. The research found that of those with super, the most popular risk profile is balanced (25%), followed by growth (16%), high-growth ...

Investors demand credible climate information

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2021
... Retail investors would have greater confidence in sustainability information it was subject to independent assurance, new research shows. The Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ) Investor Confidence Survey recorded 87% of investors ...

ASIC urged to act on common ownership

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2021
... index funds have 5% each of the stock market, but it could be a very big issue when they've got 10% or 20%." New research from the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR), which analysed the voting records of the nation's 50 largest ...

Office workers burnt out: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2021
New research from The Adecco Group Australia, released for R U OK? Day, has revealed that Australian office workers are the most burnt out in the world. More than half (53%) of Australian respondents say they suffered from burnout in the last 12 months ...

Morningstar business development lead to exit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021
... throughout the acquisition of AdviserLogic and the development of Morningstar's capabilities for IFAs. The fund manager and research house is now on the search for his replacement. "The new head of business development will be tasked with leading the ...

APAC pension funds fastest growing: Study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2021
... the world's largest, with the Asia Pacific region clocking the largest rate of growth last year despite COVID-19. New research from the Thinking Ahead Institute and Pensions & Investments shows the assets under management of those world's top 300 pension ...

MLC bolsters private equity team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2021
... Ashini Ganesalingam also joined as a senior associate. She was previously a senior associate in private equity investment research at Aksia. She started as an analyst in that team. Both Chen and Ganesalingam will support the origination and execution ...

Retail, corporate funds lack transparency on ESG votes

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2021
... super funds continue to show a poor track record of how they vote on environmental, social and governance matters, new research shows. According to the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR), which analysed the voting records of the ...

Gauging the Future Fund's MySuper potential

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2021
... high performing investment fund, but to say it's the best fund in Australia is absurd," Rainmaker executive director of research Alex Dunnin said. "Commentators need to appreciate that it operates very differently to a super fund, so head-to-head comparisons ...

New investment model for affordable housing proposed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
... funds. The concept of RTOs is not exceptional either, the RTOs in the boost program would function in the same way as research and development tax refunds. "We don't expect your investment teams to make any exceptions for affordable housing," she ...