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Demand for retiree client book increases

KARREN VERGARA  |  SATURDAY, 1 JAN 2022
... has been frantic, Radar Results founder John Birt said. "In 13 years (since the GFC), prices have moved up for the first time," he said. Demand for licensee groups of 50 to 200 authorised representatives to be acquired by one bulk purchase continues ...

New trading platform to enter Australia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 DEC 2021
... platform, remains Australia's largest online stockbroker and during the pandemic reported growth of more than 100% in first time traders using its service.

MySuper heatmap offers few surprises

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
... the Incitec Pivot Employees Superannuation Fund's Active Balanced all received a red or orange rating. It's also the first time APRA has revealed the scores achieved in the inaugural performance test earlier this year. The performance test has two components ...

Choice products not so choice: APRA

CHLOE WALKER, KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
... Heatmap, which captures products and options in which members have made an active decision to invest, represents the first time the performance of this segment of the market has been exposed to such public scrutiny. The MySuper Heatmap, meanwhile, which ...

Pre-retirees worry about political risks: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2021
... two-fold from 19% last year to 41% in 2021, according to Investment Trends' 2021 Retirement income report. "For the first time in five years, one in two retirees expect their retirement savings will outlast their years in retirement. As of September ...

ESG overhaul for SSGA ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2021
... investors access to an ESG-focused global real estate ETF and reduced carbon emissions emerging markets ETF for the first time. From February 2022, the SPDR Dow Jones Global Real Estate Fund (DJRE), the SPDR S&P World ex Australia Fund (WXOZ), the SPDR ...

ASIC files numerous cases against Westpac

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2021
... deregistered company accounts; and selling on credit card and flexi-loan debt with incorrect interest rates. This is the first time ASIC has filed multiple proceedings against one entity at the same time. Announcing the filings today, ASIC deputy chair ...

Australia-first private equity ETF to launch

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 NOV 2021
... investors," he said. "GPEQ changes that and allows all investors to participate in private equity investments for the first time through a single trade on the ASX. "As an alternative investment, private equity is important for investor's portfolios as ...

Hong Kong REIT buys Queen Victoria Building

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2021
... reputation are rarely sold and in the case of The Queen Victoria Building, The Strand Arcade and The Galeries, this was the first time the portfolio had been publicly offered to the market. These iconic centres are regarded as among the best in Australia ...

APRA to disclose MySuper product YFYS test values

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021
... really the tool for people to turn to, to look at the performance and [for] comparing products," she said. "This was the first time we've done it; we are open to learn and open to improve. Next year we're going to have to do it not for 80 MySuper ...