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Retirees value home over super: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2020
... their own home despite the value of their properties being significantly more than their superannuation balances, new research shows. Household Capital's 2020 Retirement Outcomes survey reveals 73% of homeowners aged over 60 want to stay in their current ...

MySuper reforms could have downsides

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2020
... concern. "It is ironic that acting in the investors interest puts super funds at odds with the ratings agency." Recent research from the Swiss Finance Institute also demonstrates that how funds choose external investment managers to allocate mandates ...

Brisbane Mater acquired for $122.5m

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2020
... and leaseback transaction with Mater. Mater owns and operates an extensive network of hospitals, health centres and a research institute with gross assets of over $1 billion. The purchase price of $122.5 million upon completion reflects a passing yield ...

Perpetual axes geared investment options

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
... and those in the Capital Guarantee option will be switched to Perpetual's cash investment option. In 2019, Rainmaker research showed geared super options enjoyed a bumper year of returns in excess of 50%. However, Perpetual's Geared High Growth fund ...

Hume clarifies survival of the fittest in MySuper

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
... "no" and said the government does not want to be that specific or stop anyone from doing business. "There's plenty of research out there that ESG investing is a pretty basic risk filter," Hume said. "We don't want it to be prescriptive... Trustees already ...

Ratings house launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
A local consulting firm has launched a research service aiming to offer quality insights into a variety of investment vehicles, particularly targeting the ratings gap in complex products. Evergreen Ratings, a subsidiary of Evergreen Consultants, analyses ...

FPA renews calls for advice definition changes

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
... is likely to lead to false expectations about the value of advice received. ASIC noted it would undertake additional research last year to identify a more appropriate term and test the effectiveness of a general advice warning. De Gori said now is a ...

Clime partners with asset consultant

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
... advice," he said. The partnership will provide advisers and their clients' access to Mercer's global information and research. It has been a busy period for Clime as just last week it named Neil Schafer as chair following the resignation of Donald McLay. ...

Aussies want to invest super in property: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2020
... most secure and profitable long-term investment, compared with shares, gold, cash and fixed interest, according to new research. The survey found that 41% of Australians would invest their superannuation in property if they met the criteria to do so. ...

Frydenberg bets on infrastructure for recovery

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... including $87.5 million for the Molonglo River Bridge. "The government is also delivering the 2020 update of the $1.9 billion Research Infrastructure Investment Plan which will ensure that investment in national research infrastructure is being maintained ...