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Performance test expansion paused as government announces review

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2022
Treasury has halted the extension of the Your Future, Your Super (YFYS) performance test beyond MySuper products for 12 months while conducting a review of the laws. Minister for financial services Stephen Jones announced that the review will commence ...

Australian investor confidence plummets: CA ANZ

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022
... survey. The CA ANZ survey said a combination of the pandemic, market volatility, supply chain disruptions, inflation and interest rate increases have rattled investor confidence. "Plunges in the sharemarket, ongoing global political unrest, inflationary ...

Maple-Brown Abbott launches Australian small companies fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022
... clients," she said. "The fund further diversifies Maple-Brown Abbott's offering to investors, and we have seen early interest in a small caps strategy run as a boutique within Maple-Brown Abbott." Hudak said the co-portfolio managers feel passionate ...

RBA raises interest rates again

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2022
... combination of global and domestic factors has caused higher inflation. Yesterday, Lowe said: "Today's increase in interest rates is a further step in the withdrawal of the extraordinary monetary support that was put in place to help insure the Australian ...

Australian corporate debt dwindles: Janus Henderson

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2022
... around the world have begun repaying debts for the first time since 2014/15. Janus Henderson head of Australian fixed interest Jay Sivapalan said: "Our view is that economic growth within Australia in the very near term is likely to remain strong with ...

Chorus of self-interest in financial advice: SCA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2022
... access to conflict-free financial advice, saying lessons of the Royal Commission have been forgotten and "a chorus of self-interest has emerged". In a new op-ed, Super Consumers Australia director Xavier O'Halloran has said that, ahead of the Quality ...

HMC Capital launches alternatives fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2022
... HMC Capital lodged a substantial holding notice in Sigma Healthcare and currently holds a 13.5% relevant and economic interest which is being used as a seed for the fund. HMC Capital chief executive and managing director David Di Pilla said that the ...

Rest secures investment in historic tower

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2022
... city's CBD, the 50-floor Quay Quarter Tower is the redeveloped AMP Tower. Rest first entered a contract to acquire the interest in 2018. The remaining interests are owned by the AMP Capital Wholesale Office Fund and Dexus Wholesale Property Fund. The ...

Median MySuper returns of -2.8% expected

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2022
... The negative returns are the result of ongoing market turmoil, driven by geopolitical tensions and rising inflation and interest rates. The research shows the 20-year rolling correlation between MySuper and ASX returns has remained steady at 0.95, demonstrating ...

Australian Catholic Super, UniSuper sign SFT deed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2022
Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund and UniSuper will merge before the end of the year. The two funds have now signed a Successor Fund Transfer deed. This follows the Heads of Agreement they signed in May, formally confirming the ...