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GROW wins new super fund client

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2021
A Queensland superannuation fund has picked GROW Inc to replace Mercer as its administrator. The $1.4 billion Mercy Super will soon swap to GROW, after using Mercer for seven years. The transition was initially slated for a June 1 start but was delayed. ...

ASIC changes ETF market maker rules

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2021
ASIC is making it easier for offshore market makers to work with ASX-listed and Chi-X listed ETFs. The corporate regulator has amended Class Order 13/721 [CO 13/721] to remove the requirement that an authorised participant must be an Australian resident ...

ClearBridge launches unhedged fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2021
Franklin Templeton subsidiary ClearBridge Investments has launched the unhedged version of the ClearBridge RARE Infrastructure Income Fund following investor demand. The fund, like the hedged version, invests in global listed infrastructure securities ...

Chief economist update: Chinese activity indicators disappoint but growth target intact

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
Disappointing. This is the one word that describes the latest batch of activity indicators out of China. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) released retail sales, industrial production and fixed asset investment that were still stronger than usual ...

ASIC takes on NAB for fee-for-no service breaches

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
The corporate regulator is fighting tooth and nail to make National Australia Bank pay a hefty penalty for charging customers fees in return for no service. In the Federal Court this morning, ASIC representative Christopher Archibald QC recalled the ...

Lifespan appoints investment expert

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
Lifespan Financial Planning has appointed an industry veteran to its investment committee who will also oversee the dealer group's managed accounts offering. Brian Long joins Lifespan as senior investment specialist for managed accounts. He also takes ...

Industry mixed on YFYS

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
Industry bodies have varied responses to the passing of the Your Future, Your Super reforms with some saying it will lead to worse outcomes for members. The Your Future, Your Super reforms were passed in the Senate yesterday with an amendment that will ...

Chief economist update: It's raining jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
... decline in the jobless rate. Even better, this comes amid the rise in the participation rate from 65.9% in April to 66.2% in May - a whispering distance from the historic high of 66.3% recorded in March this year - itself, a positive indicator, as more ...

Your Future, Your Super passes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021
The Your Future, Your Super reforms were passed in the Senate today. One Nation and Jackie Lambie voted with the government in favour of the bill, while Labor and the Greens objected to it. However, an amendment was passed which will delay benchmarking ...

Chief economist update: The (dot) plot thickens

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021
The Fed has spoken and Wall Street didn't like what it heard and saw (in the dot plots). US equities painted the board red, with all benchmark indices closing on the down low, while yields on 10-year US Treasuries went on the up and up. This is ...