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Experts torn on inflation outlook

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... inflation to flourish a bit and avoiding runaway inflation," he said. However, Moëc agreed that it will be important to watch what happens with wages and that rising wages could contribute to inflation. He argued that down the road, a bit of inflation ...

APRA issues guidance on lifecycle products for performance test

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2021
... determinations on combining returns in such situations. This week it issued principles that will guide its determinations. It will watch product "phoenixing" where a trustee closes a (potentially underperforming) MySuper and opens a similar but new product ...

ASIC takes property development group to court

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2021
... Singh and Stephanie Lee, who operate MKS Property Investments/Developments and Paradise Property Group, are under the close watch of ASIC. ASIC alleges that between at least 1 March 2017 and 16 December 2020, they advised some 300 clients to establish ...

Ian Silk to leave AustralianSuper

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2021
... management following the merger of the Australian Retirement Fund and the Superannuation Trust of Australia and, under Silk's watch, has grown to $225 billion with 2.4 million members. Silk said: "It has been an amazing privilege to work with my ...

Active Super returns 23%

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
Active Super returned 23% in FY21, but its chief investment officer Craig Turnbull says the fund is watching for signs of inflation. The fund, which was previously named Local Government Super, posted its best yearly returns in its 24 year-long history ...

ASIC looks to tighten crypto ETP oversight

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2021
ASIC is consulting on how exchange-traded products investing in cryptoassets can meet existing regulatory expectations, with the regulator particularly interested in identifying suitable cryptoassets for such products and ensuring good practice in terms ...

ASIC changes ETF market maker rules

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2021
ASIC is making it easier for offshore market makers to work with ASX-listed and Chi-X listed ETFs. The corporate regulator has amended Class Order 13/721 [CO 13/721] to remove the requirement that an authorised participant must be an Australian resident ...

Future Generation announces chief executive

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021
... an ambassador for the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation, a director of anti-domestic violence organisation Our Watch and a former council member for Chief Executive Women. "Caroline will lead the Future generation companies in an exciting new ...

Super leaders recognised

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
Leaders in the financial services industry have been recognised in the Queen's Birthday 2021 Honours list, with a number from the superannuation sector represented. This year saw 1190 Australians recognised in the Queen's Birthday honours and ...

Chief economist update: US inflation may not be as transitory as the Fed believes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
We really do see what we want to see and hear what we want to hear... and rationalise accordingly. How else does one explain the US equity market's opposing reaction to the two most important indicators the Fed watches in determining its next policy ...