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Industry fund awards $180m fixed income mandate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
... mandate to a US-based fund manager. Energy Super, a superannuation fund managing the retirement savings of about 47,000 Australians, awarded the fixed income mandate to Payden & Rygel through its Australian-domiciled Payden Global Income Opportunities ...

Raiz expands offshore

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
... of September. Chatbot Ashlee was also recently launched to help resolve simple customer queries. About than 175,000 Australians use the micro-investing platform. Raiz share prices traded at 48 cents at publication time. This story was updated on December ...

MYEFO: Regulatory funding increases, Budget surplus doubles

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
... billion in 2021-22. This includes bringing forward the release of 10,000 home care packages to connect more older Australians with high-level support. The Government is also establishing a new National Elder Abuse Hotline to provide a point of access ...

Former Liberal Party leader joins Islamic super fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2018
... number it hopes to double in 2019. That said; the socially responsible Islamic fund's growth strategy will target all Australians, with about 10% of members not followers of the Islamic faith. Yassine believes a much higher proportion of Australians ...

Super funds defend $5bn infrastructure investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
... Investments (a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority). The consortium, representing more than six million Australians, owns 80% of NSW Ports. NSW Ports released a statement yesterday and said the agreements "operate in the best interests of ...

Survey says no to subsidising life insurance for genetically at-risk Aussies

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
Australians do not want to subsidise life insurance for those with adverse genetic test results, according to the latest Financial Services Council study. The FSC recently released results of its consumer survey conducted in July this year. The survey ...

New mortality study adds to retirement conversation

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
Actuaries have calculated mortality rates among Australians who use annuities. It is research they hope will help develop retirement income products including CIPRs. The Actuaries Institute and Rice Warner used UK mortality data on annuitants to calculate ...

New Bill bolsters retirement income

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2018
... incentive to develop products that provide certainty in retirement income." "It also provides a behavioural incentive for Australians and financial planners to make decisions that benefit their long-term financial wellbeing. It gives them a nudge to ...

Aussie investors calm about next 12 months

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2018
... than global counterparts. Research from Legg Mason polled 16,810 active direct investors globally, including 1000 Australians in its annual global investment survey. Globally, about 58% said they were confident about investment opportunities in the year ...

ASIC funding numbers released

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 6 DEC 2018
... milestone in this process," Armour said. "Our goal is ensuring a fair, strong and efficient financial system for all Australians and lies at the heart of all our regulatory activities." The regulator confirmed small proprietary companies would not have ...