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Chief economist update: A vaccine and a better vaccine

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
... halting indoor restaurant service... North Dakota joining 35 other states over the weekend in mandating masks and Iowa this week requiring them in certain circumstances." While recent reports note that US president-elect Joe Biden favour targeted measures ...

Link hires from QSuper, NAB

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
... solutions. Link Group has confirmed the appointment of Ross McCormack as general manager for AustralianSuper, commencing this week. He will lead, drive and own the strategic engagement and relationship for AustralianSuper for Link Group, ensuring the ...

Insto demand sees digital asset manager launch

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
... digital assets, piquing the curiosity of Australian high-net-worths. London-based ByteTree Asset Management launched this week with a mission to provide sophisticated investors with institutional grade, regulated access to digital assets. ByteTree AM ...

AustralianSuper ratings slide at Morningstar

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
... from gold to bronze. Industry fund Sunsuper's options moved from silver to bronze, Financial Standard reported earlier this week. In AustralianSuper's review, Wong noted its strong senior investment team, fee negotiating skills and well-considered asset ...

Super advice firm buys robo-adviser

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
... proprietary retirement planning and digital advice tools." The acquisition follows Six Park's whitepaper released this week that concluded robo-advice may be a solution for the increased demand for affordable and accessible advice. It noted that ...

QIC strengthens sustainability leadership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
QIC has added a general manager, sustainability to its global real estate executive committee, effective this week. Melissa Schulz has joined QIC in the role, providing leadership across all of QIC's global real estate functions on ESG strategy and ...

CBA executive pay voted in

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... shareholders' experience," she said. However, the Finance Sector Union National Secretary Julia Angrisano had concerns earlier this week, highlighting that staff are being offered low pay rises while executives receive millions. "It's time for the ...

Hume clarifies survival of the fittest in MySuper

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
... Financial Services Council (FSC) event about the Your Super, Your Future package announced as part of the federal budget this week. FSC chief executive Sally Loane started the event by pointing out that Hume "gave nothing away" about the impending changes ...

Super industry cautious on more reform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... increases, rather than further cuts," Bassanese said. "As it stands, the strong near-term fiscal stimulus provided in this week's budget appears to reduce the risk of the RBA cutting interest rates as early as next month. There is now a greater chance ...

Sweeping tax cuts announced

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... benefits tax (FBT) return. Employers providing retraining activities will also be exempt from FBT. As indicated earlier this week, small to medium businesses like financial advice firms will be able to access up to 10 tax concessions as the aggregated ...