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UniSuper to open doors to public

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
The $95 billion industry fund for the higher education and research sector is opening the fund to the general public. From July 5, UniSuper will allow new members to join the fund which is currently has 450,000 members made up of employees of the sector ...

Finance workers to quit over flexibility

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
... banking and financial services workers are likely to leave their current job if they are not offered flexibility, new research from EY shows. EY data showed 62% of financial services workers will quit their role if they cannot access flexible working ...

The other side of the ETP growth story

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
... manager will be able to get in on the action, and legacy unit trusts will likely lose out. Rainmaker head of investment research John Dyall, speaking at the Financial Standard Exchange Traded Product Forum in Sydney this morning, took a deeper look at ...

ASIC not recommending general advice change

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
ASIC has confirmed it will not be recommending changing the label of 'general advice', after independent research commissioned by the regulator found such a move is unlikely to prevent consumer confusion. Both the Financial System Inquiry's ...

Retail funds take out MySuper performance

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
... industry fund Mine Super's aggressive option (28.5%) and FirstChoice Lifestage 1980-1984 (28%). Rainmaker Information research manager Pooja Antil said the performance echoed that of Australian and international equities. "Retail super is basically ...

Russell adds to senior leadership

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
... Seitz and will oversee all aspects of the firm's investment division, including portfolio management, implementation, and research. "There are very few firms that offer Russell Investments' one-stop access to end-to-end investment solutions, proprietary ...

Proxy advisers under scrutiny

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... cost and reducing efficiency of the exercise of ownership rights," ACSI chief executive Louise Davidson said. "Producing research for a number of funds provides significant cost efficiencies for superfunds who are focused on delivering cost savings to ...

Rise of the mega funds continues

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... merger activity in the superannuation sector will see most of Australia's retirement savings managed by just 12 funds, new research shows. KPMG's annual Super Insights report analysed APRA and ATO data and found that once the mergers that have been previously ...

More members monitoring superannuation

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... retirement and investment solutions Tim Steele said. When it comes to financial decision making, 66% said they "do a lot of research before making a significant financial decision". Forty-two percent said they rely on friends and relatives for financial ...

Value of internet search for stock markets revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
New research from RMIT has found that suppressing internet searches creates stock market instability. The research reviewed the impact on stock markets of Google's decision in 2010 to unexpectedly withdraw its search business from China. It found that ...