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Advisers should service cashed-up investors: FCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
A comprehensive study of the UK's retail financial advice industry found that while it is slowly improving, a large gap exists to service consumers sitting on piles of cash. One of the key takeaways from The Financial Advice Market Review, conducted ...

Data letting ESG down: BlackRock

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
Despite the growing emphasis on sustainability and the mainstream nature of ESG considerations, investors are still struggling to find adequate data to inform their decisions. This is according to BlackRock's 2020 Global Sustainable Investing Survey ...

Qualitas readies new fund with GURNER

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
Qualitas has partnered for a new fund that is starting with a $1 billion pipeline of multifamily housing assets in Melbourne. Qualitas is working with GURNER, with whom it has previously partnered on $150 million investment in build-to-sell development. ...

Chief economist update: Australia is out

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
Team Australia has done it! There are still some naysayers but using the internationally-accepted and widely-used measure of a recession - two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth - Australia is technically out of it. The Australian Bureau of ...

Funds' net-zero ambitions collide with Santos

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
Australian oil and gas company Santos' carbon reduction plan has been heavily criticised, with critics pointing out many super funds invested in the company have made declarations on climate change that don't match their actions. According to ...

Chief economist update: David Australia versus Goliath China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept monetary policy unchanged at its December board meeting - the last of 2020 - and for good reason. "In Australia, the economic recovery is under way and recent data have generally been better than expected... ...

QSuper bets on new retirement product

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
QSuper is building a new retirement product that guarantees a lifetime income, hoping to combat longevity risk and fears that retirees will run out of money. Chief executive Michael Pennisi told a recent member update that the product, while still in ...

International consortium sets sights on Optus

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
A consortium of investors including a $116 billion Canadian pension fund has appointed financial advisers to participate in the upcoming sale of Optus towers. Symphony Consortium, consisting of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) ...

Aussies won't top-up ERS losses

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2020
New research reveals that less than half of the Australians that withdrew their super this year plan to direct tax savings towards replacing it. Research from Colonial First State, which looked at a sample of 2000 Australians, found that 16% had withdrawn ...

Finance sector has largest pay gap

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
The financial services sector has taken the inauspicious title of being the industry with the largest gender pay gap. According to the Finance Sector Union (FSU), COVID-19 has had a disproportionate event effect on women, causing a "pink recession". ...