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ERS sees Cbus members forfeit TPD cover

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... strongly about the increase to SG as a member who is between 25 and 29 typically has 56% of the retirement savings of the general population. "If we extend that out to persons aged 65 years, our Cbus members retired typically with one third of the average ...

OpenInvest names chair

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
... Cognian Technologies, and is an independent board member of OpenLearning and DataMesh. While at NAB, Pappas was executive general manager for international branches and innovation, chief executive of Asia and executive general manager corporate and institutional ...

ISPT writes down assets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
... to retail properties, saying that he doesn't feel the severity of COVID-19's impact is reflected in the numbers. "The general consensus is that COVID has simply accelerated change; retail had its challenges well before COVID hit. The uncertainty really ...

Aussie small caps outperform

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
Australian small-cap managers are blitzing league tables and outperforming most investment strategies during the global pandemic, Rainmaker research shows. Rainmaker's July Wholesale managed funds performance report reveals the best and worst fund ...

Specialist advice businesses optimal: Barrett

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
... planning firms, that describe themselves as "retail financial planning firms", where there are multiple advisers offering general advice to mums and dads. "That model has worked quite well in the past and there are still people today who are successfully ...

Chief economist update: Australian pessimism eases

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
Just in time for the Southern Hemisphere spring season, latest surveys showed both business and consumer confidence in Australia springing back up. The NAB business confidence index improved to a reading of -8 points in August from -14 in the previous ...

Australian Unity profits plummet

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
Australian Unity has seen its profits plummet more than 70% compared to the previous financial year, with the group noting the impacts of COVID-19 saw it miss out on about $26 million in profit. Australian Unity reported a profit after income tax of ...

WAM wins Blue Sky bid, appoints directors

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
... alternatives investments company Blue Sky have voted in favour of joining the Wilson Asset Management stable at an extraordinary general meeting held yesterday afternoon. The investment company's name will be changed to WAM Alternative Assets early next ...

Mainstream expands private equity offering

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
... services in the Asia-Pacific region. Mainstream said it brought its US private equity solution to Asia-Pacific, to allow general partners to benefit from one complete system for accounting, CRM, investment and a configurable limited partner (LP) investor ...

Ignition Advice announces fintech partnership

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
Robo-advice technology provider Ignition Advice has launched a global partnership with Avaloq to broaden its distribution and bring scale to its client base Through the partnership Ignition's digital advice solutions will be offered to 150 financial ...