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Aussies reevaluate retirement prospects

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
... confident about their retirement (compared to 25% for men). A larger proportion of women did not have an investment portfolio outside of super (32% compared to 17%), also potentially leaving them with less income than their male counterparts in their ...

HESTA doubles down on climate action

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
The $52 billion industry super fund has called on the Australian government to encourage institutional investors to take a greater role in a green recovery from the economic crisis. It comes just a month after it announced it would reduce absolute carbon ...

Investors turn to China-focused strategies

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... reasonable price" approach. "Many would argue that the simplest way to outperform would be to exclude SOEs from an investment portfolio, but this is a blunt solution to a problem that requires a finer approach; especially because there are plenty of ...

HESTA to go zero carbon

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... implement a Climate Change Transition Plan (CCTP) that seeks to effectively align the Fund's actions and investment portfolio with the goals of the Paris Agreement. "Our Climate Change Transition Plan is set to be one of the most comprehensive of its ...

Challenger raising $300m, to add IG bonds

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... settings, with a high weighting to investment grade fixed income." At March end, Challenger Life rejigged its investment portfolio, slashing equity holdings from 13% of the life investment portfolio to about 5%. Infrastructure went down from 4% of the ...

Retirement funder adds two new executives

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
Household Capital has announced it has added two new roles to its executive team including chief operating operator and chief credit officer. Luke Rattigan has been appointed to the newly created role of chief operating officer, with a primary focus ...

The future is fast arriving: BlackRock

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
The shock of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has now claimed more than 350,400 lives and will likely cost the global economy $1 trillion, has set off a chain reaction that will forever change our long-term return expectations and strategic allocations. ...

Chief economist update: V could still become W

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
It had only been two months (three at most) when the coronavirus started infecting and slaying citizens of planet Earth. Under house arrest and in solitary confinement - forced upon society by social distancing measures and lockdown restrictions - it ...

Fees drop at Raiz

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
The management fees on Raiz Invest's flagship fund have been cut in line with a drop in fees across two popular ETFs. Investors using the popular spare change investing app Raiz are set to benefit from lower management fees, after the firm passed on ...

Pengana eyes fully franked dividend

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... demonstrated its ability to deliver throughout the cycle," Gooch said. In the 10 months to April 30, the investment portfolio returned 8.2% compared to the benchmark 2.4%. PIA chief executive Russel Pillemer said it is pleasing the investment team has ...