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Jones progresses green finance standards

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2022
... capacity, the finance market and our capital markets must have a common set of standards around which we can assess the performance of business. "Unless our capital markets have a common language and a common set of standards, we are not going to get ...

New APRA chair named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2022
... business models and regulation, cyber threats, insurance affordability pressures, climate change and improving the performance of our superannuation system to name a few. Successfully managing these challenges will deliver better outcomes to the Australian ...

Worst performing super funds named

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2022
... necessarily lead to better outcomes for members. "We found no evidence that larger funds outperform smaller funds. The performance of merged funds has not improved," it explained. In fact, Stockspot revealed that contrary to expectations, management ...

First Super: Merger pressure fizzles out

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2022
... by new data from Frontier Advisors which concludes that asset allocation was more influential for the investment performance of super funds than size and scale. The figures prove that a small fund can trump behemoths. Watson concedes though that small ...

Aware Super appoints new chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2022
... to bringing a continued focus on the values and principles that have defined the culture, aspirations and strong performance of the organisation to date," she said. Stewart added that the fund would not be what it is today if it weren't for Cochrane. ...

Members want super funds to adopt crypto: Survey

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2022
... months to run. Even though most of these investors expect some volatility, many have been buoyed by the recent performance of Bitcoin which has rallied from previous lows. On the research, Nickel Digital managing director Fiona King said: "The recent ...

Consumer confidence jitters abate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2022
... average of 90.8. "The increase in consumer confidence has mainly been driven by improving sentiment in regards to the performance of the Australian economy over the next year and five years," Roy Morgan said. "There was no clear trend on a state-by-state ...

2022 is the hardest year to retire: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022
... concerted effort from policymakers, employers, the financial services industry and individuals." The GRI looked at the performance of retiree welfare across the globe and ranked Norway in the first place, Switzerland second and Iceland third. Australia ...

Challenger offers new fixed term annuity

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2022
... manager highlighted some key benefits of the annuity and said with certainty that income won't be impacted by the performance of the share market. It added that investors can expect regular, guaranteed annual payments as well as cover estate planning ...

Aligning investments to Leo's dating strategy pays off

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2022
... you'd likely be doing rather well for yourself. The Leonardo DiCaprio Large Cap Index from Index One tracks the performance of large cap US companies incorporated between 18 and 25 years ago. The index is largely weighted toward technology and energy ...