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Australia ranked seventh for retirement wellbeing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021
... again, according to the Natixis Global Retirement Index. Australia maintained its ranking of seventh place in the latest index for the second consecutive year. Iceland ranked first for the third consecutive year while the top six country rankings remained ...

APRA leaves door open for benchmark tweaks

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... the indices for unlisted assets, which drew censure from many superannuation funds and their consultants. "We know it [index for unlisted assets] is not perfect," she said. "When we put out our heatmap, we used listed indices because we couldn't ...

ETF Securities to list pure play Hydrogen ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2021
... around the same time. The ETFS Semiconductor ETF will also hold 30 stocks, tracking the Solactive Global Semiconductor 30 Index for an annual fee of 0.57% p.a.

Active Super rejigs MySuper

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
... rebounded after COVID, according to Rainmaker Information. Rainmaker's Lifecycle Index beat its Single Strategy MySuper Index for four out of seven age cohorts. However, for the past 40 years the single strategy funds performed better.

Lifecycle MySuper outperforms single strategy

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 3 AUG 2021
... rebounded after COVID, according to Rainmaker Information. Rainmaker's Lifecycle Index beat its Single Strategy MySuper Index for four out of seven age cohorts. However, for the past 40 years the single strategy funds performed better. As an example ...

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

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... underscores supply and production constraints as Americans bought more pre-loved vehicles. The BLS reports that, "The index for used cars and trucks continued to rise sharply, increasing 7.3 percent in May. This increase accounted for about one-third ...

Challenger wins $200m mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
... for the allocation. Challenger's Index Plus equities product includes an agreed contractual margin over a benchmark index for no management fee. "By guaranteeing an excess return, the product can provide a boost to expected total returns. The mandate ...

Chief economist update: Japan's second wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
... reading of 21.5 five months prior (April). Similarly, the BOJ's quarterly Tankan survey has also improved. The Tankan index for big manufacturers' sentiment rose to -27 in the third quarter of 2020 from an eleven-year low of -34 in the previous ...

Retail super fund scores best customer service nod

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020
... First State has regained the top spot in the Forrester Research's 2020 Australia Superannuation Customer Experience Index for its ability to provide members "effective, easy and emotionally positive experiences". Sunsuper came in second, followed ...

Chief economist update: Australian pessimism eases

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
... optimistic assessment, all of the consumer sentiment index's sub-components increased sharply over the month, with the index for economic conditions next 12 months soaring by 41% in the month of September. The 'Family finances next 12 months' ...