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Chief economist update: Be afraid of inflation expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2021
US Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis president James Bullard's recent virtual presentation provided a timely venue for the Fed to push back on inflation fears that drove equity markets down a day before. The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis' ...

AustralianSuper, Club Plus to merge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021
AustralianSuper and Club Plus Super are working towards a merger, which would see the creation of a $207 billion fund. Club Plus Super identified AustralianSuper as the right strategic, cultural and operational fit for its members and reached out to ...

APRA extends IDII overhaul deadline

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021
APRA has given life insurers another year to have the policy contract term measure for individual disability income insurance (IDII) in full force by 1 October 2022. The prudential regulator has acknowledged the challenges life insurers are facing ...

Equip, Catholic appoint acting CIO

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
Togethr Trustees has named an acting chief investment officer, as it looks for a permanent replacement for Anna Shelley, who is leaving for AMP Australia. Effective July 1, Darren Rosario will act in the role. Rosario is currently the head of portfolio ...

Low FASEA pass rate continues

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
The March FASEA exam results show that January's lower pass rate may become a trend in 2021. A total of 69% of candidates passed the March exam, better than the 67% that passed in January but below the 76% that passed in November last year. The ...

Australia is coming back: Frydenberg

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
The recovery of the Australian economy from COVID-19 has improved the budget position from initial projections, with a significantly lower than expected unemployment rate. The unemployment rate currently sits at 5.6%, which is lower than pre-pandemic ...

OPINION: Super for housing was the wrong policy fight

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
After the shock of the Early Release of Superannuation scheme's COVID-19 amendment, the superannuation sector can breathe a sigh of relief that government hasn't introduced a mechanism to allow members to divert their super savings into a deposit on ...

Investors greenlight LIC to ETF conversion

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
Unitholders in the Monash Absolute Investment Company (MA1) yesterday voted in favour of converting the LIC to a listed open-ended fund. The Monash Absolute Investment Company (MA1) last year initiated the process to convert from the closed-ended structure ...

Chief economist update: Iron ore is the glue that binds China and Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
The price of iron ore continues to heat up. It broke above the all-time high of US$191.70 a tonne recorded more than 10 years ago (February 2011) on 6 May 2021 and is currently fetching 215.48/tonne. This represents a 31.4% increase from end-2020's ...

TAL fund in SFT

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
TAL Superannuation and Insurance Fund members will be transferred to a new fund under a successor fund transfer. On 31 May 2021, all members of the $1.1 billion TAL Superannuation and Insurance Fund will be transferred to Mercer Super Trust by way of ...