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Benchmarks for super property investments selected

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
Treasury has selected two MSCI indexes to serve as benchmarks for super funds investing in property under the Your Future, Your Super reforms. The MSCI/Mercer Australia Core Wholesale Monthly Property Fund Index and MSCI Australia Quarterly Private ...

Economic recap: Week to August 6

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
... reopening of the US economy (mainly due to increased vaccinations) have improved demand for workers. This is underscored by the sharp 380K increase in employment in the leisure and hospitality industries over the month. However, the better-than-expected ...

Government releases final YFYS regulations

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2021
The government yesterday registered the final regulations for Your Future, Your Super reforms. The bill passed the Parliament on June 17. The regulations have sharpened the methodology for annual performance tests, which it says will incentivise underperforming ...

T. Rowe Price names chief executive

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
T. Rowe Price's group chief investment officer will succeed its outgoing chief executive Bill Stromberg at the end of the year. Rob Sharps is currently president, head of investments and a member of the firm's management committee in addition to his ...

Aware Super, VISSF merger to proceed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021
After four months of due diligence, the two super funds have confirmed they will merge before the end of the year. In a joint statement, Aware Super and the Victorian Independent Schools Superannuation Fund (VISSF) said the merger will create the largest ...

3PD wins distribution partnership

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
... aided by catalysts like potential shift of global supply chains to India as they look to diversify their supplier countries, sharp cut in corporate tax rate (now amongst the lowest in the world), labour reforms and production linked incentives provided ...

Economic recap: Week to July 16

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
... Business conditions dropped to a reading of +24 in June from +36 in May, with trading, profitability and employment recording sharp declines. But consumer confidence told a different story. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment ...

UniSuper's O'Sullivan on what's next

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
... corporate funds in the research sector like the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute that have joined over the years. This is a sharp contrast to UniSuper's peers; funds like AustralianSuper, Aware Super, Hostplus and Cbus have continued to merge with ...

Index fund tops risk-adjusted rankings

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
An index fund beat out active fund managers in the latest RMetrics rankings, topping the list based on returns and risk-adjusted measures. BetaShares' NASDAQ 100 ETF (NDQ) took first place in the latest Rainmaker's latest RMetrics Managed Funds ...

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 ...