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Results out: 13 funds fail YFYS performance test

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... Fahy said. "The irony is that the financial performance of these products would be in the top quartile in many OECD countries." Good performers failed: Rainmaker Rainmaker Information said many MySuper products that failed the test today have market-leading ...

Maths an unpopular subject with high schoolers

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
... 12% of male students study advanced maths. Actuaries Institute said the trend is concerning and Australia lags OECD countries in the area. It attributed the trend to three main factors: standardised testing means students might forgo maths for more ATAR-friendly ...

Ironbark signs on Canadian manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2021
... Zealand Investors. Fiera Infrastructure's EagleCrest Infrastructure invests mid-market infrastructure assets in OECD countries. It is led by Alina Osorio who was previously the chief executive of Aquila Infrastructure, and of Macquarie Essential Assets ...

Rest offers extra parental leave

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... The gap between male and female workforce participation rates in Australia is 10%, making it the 16th highest in OECD countries.

KPMG recommends super changes

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
... gap between male and female workforce participation rates in Australia is 10%. This makes it the 16 th highest in OECD countries. KPMG said the interplay of childcare and tax and transfer systems are creating a barrier to women returning to the workforce ...

FIIG calls for taxation, regulatory overhaul

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... that distorts asset allocation practises in Australia. FIIG said as a result they are extremely different to other OECD countries and materially divergent from what is considered to be well documented best practice. Jim Stening, chief executive of FIIG ...

Market Forces takes aim at big banks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
... research director Jack Bertolus. "This means committing to exit thermal coal mining and coal power generation in OECD countries like Australia by 2030, as Commonwealth Bank has already done." Market Forces lauded CBA for releasing a policy to exit thermal ...

Australia slips in global retirement ranks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2019
... why our retirement age is set to increase to 67 in 2023." "Along with Denmark, we are the first of a number of OECD countries to take this step - the United States and Spain are next in 2027." However, Natixis managing director for Australia Louise Watson ...

IFM Investors reports $114m in FY19 profits

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2019
... geographical location of its investments would be dictated by the investors but IFM would continue to invest in OECD countries. It is not yet looking for opportunities in India, which needs a US $1 trillion investment in its infrastructure, according ...

Cbus invests in UK infrastructure

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... of the world. Cbus' $4.5 billion infrastructure portfolio has assets are spread across Australia, the UK and OECD countries. It also has a decade-long partnership with Dexus in Australia, under which it has developed and taken stakes in Sydney CBD ...