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Budget no cure for hangover from last one

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... Future, Your Super policy changes are not in the best interests of super members. The performance test relating to trustee-directed products will not apply to up to 40% of the super savings (FUM) in Choice products. If funds fail performance tests, members ...

COVID support temporarily improves inequality

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... and Laura Dixie, said. "But the change is likely to be temporary. It reflects, among other things, government support directed towards young people through JobKeeper and JobSeeker payments, which ended in March this year." The index considers 24 indicators ...

Aged care expenditure to jump 37%

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... funding that is in direct response to recommendations that arose from the Royal Commission. Almost half of this will be directed to reforming residential aged care with $6.5 billion ear-marked for in-home facilities investment. While Australia's aged ...

More members monitoring superannuation

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... financial websites (26%). A minority (15%) use the service of a financial adviser, while one in four said they are self-directed investors. Social media and forums are growing as a source of financial information and guidance among young Australians ...

ETP demand soars, unlisted unit trusts retract

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
... growing 24% year on year. Japan's growth is largely supported by the Bank of Japan's ongoing ETF purchase program directed toward fighting prolonged deflation in the Japanese economy. Morningstar director of ETF research Asia Jackie Choy said ...

HNWs change views on advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
... 'validators' who are open to receiving financial advice (56%, up from 40% in 2019) and a corresponding fall in 'self-directed' HNWs who prefer making decisions on their own (34%, down from 49%)." However, the research found that this shift in attitude ...

Dimensional to use Calastone solution

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
... Calastone's new distribution data solution. Calastone's new Wrap Reporting service will provide fund managers adviser-directed fund flow data from different platforms. The firm said it actively worked with Dimensional Fund Advisors and other ...

Global net zero framework launched

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021
... will publish their plans for net zero in detail. "The global firepower of institutional investors must be harnessed and directed towards a net zero future," he said.

Super scammer permanently banned

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
... one offence for falsifying books as a company director. An investigation by ASIC found that McSweeny had transferred or directed others to transfer funds from bank accounts holding client funds. ASIC alleged that he directed an employee to construct ...

New trading platform to launch

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021
... deducted on a fortnightly basis for example, that can be used to invest. "We saw this gap [in terms of automation] and self-directed investing," Nicolaides told Financial Standard. While only ASX securities are currently on offer, Nicolaides said, the ...