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End of the road for Dollarmites

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2021
Commonwealth Bank has ditched its 90-year-old Dollarmites program after the state governments' banning of school banking schemes. The New South Wales government is the latest to jump on board and ban bank-run marketing schemes in classrooms after ...

Link vows to fight class action

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2021
... received over 11,000 claimants. It will issue proceedings on a rolling basis for all clients and consolidate the claims under a group litigation order, where the risks, costs and benefits of the group action can be shared by all the claimants on the ...

NZ Super Fund adds to board

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 SEP 2021
The former chief investment officer of Insurance Australia Group will join the board of the $57 billion New Zealand Super Fund. David McClatchy starts his five-year term on the board from October 1. McClatchy relocates to New Zealand following a series ...

Strong year for farmland assets

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2021
Australian farmlands posted 15.07% in returns for the year ending June 2021, as commodity prices and seasonal conditions held strong, according to ANREV. This included 5.33% income contribution and a 9.36% appreciation. The data is compiled by Asian ...

Experts torn on inflation outlook

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
Speaking at the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) ASI 2021 conference, a panel of economic experts shared very different views on the outlook for inflation. J.P. Morgan Asset Management chief market strategist Karen Ward argued ...

Results out: 13 funds fail YFYS performance test

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... from the APRA-prescribed broad-based benchmarks. For administration fees, the benchmark is median administration fees for a group of similar products (such as all MySuper products). Funds that failed the test today have 28 days to notify their members ...

Top franked stock picks: Morningstar

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2021
Morningstar has released a list of 10 franked income stocks from its Australian and New Zealand coverage which pay very attractive dividends. "The Reserve Bank of Australia's indication that its target cash rate won't increase until at least ...

Aware Super, VISSF merger to proceed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021
... merger will create the largest super provider for the primary and secondary education sector. VISSF was founded in 1958 by a group of female teachers. The fund was then known as the Victorian Girls' Schools Association Superannuation Fund and "fought ...

Commonwealth FP under review, partially offloaded

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2021
Commonwealth Bank has transferred part of Commonwealth Financial Planning to AIA, with the remainder of the business now subject to a strategic review. The big bank has offloaded part of Commonwealth FP to AIA Financial Services, a wholly owned subsidiary ...

Westpac appoints director

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021
Westpac has named a renowned philanthropist as its latest non-executive director. Audette Exel is the chair and founder of international non-government organisation Adara Group. The group's focus is on improving health and education for women, children ...