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Chief economist update: Australia's virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
Even before the coronavirus vaccine was injected before Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison's arm a day before the national roll-out on the 22nd of February this year, this 'Land Down Under' has already been returning to pre-covid normality. ...

UK pension fund fossil fuel investments laid bare

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
Despite more than 75% of the UK's local councils declaring a climate emergency, their pension funds are still pouring billions into fossil fuels the world over. A new report from campaigners Platform, Friends of the Earth (England, Wales and Northern ...

Equipsuper merges with corporate fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
Equipsuper has merged with a corporate superannuation plan that will add $860 million of assets to the fold. The $16 billion superannuation fund will manage the retirement savings of Toyota Super's 5000 members. Toyota Super chair Rob Purcell said ...

NZ Super Fund adds board member

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has appointed a new board member to serve a five-year term. Kirsty Mactaggart will join the Board of Guardians in April 2021 bringing extensive global capital markets experience. She was head of equity capital markets ...

Chief economist update: The vaccine has landed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
No more tears, fears... and hopefully snap lockdowns. Today, 22 February 2021, will go down in Australian history as VAC (vaccine against covid-19) Day (although Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly and 84-year-old ...

Wage subsidy to rescue advice industry

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
With just 65 new names appearing on the ASIC Financial Adviser Register in 2020, the rapid decline in adviser numbers has industry experts calling for a wage subsidy to incentivise advice practices to take hire graduates. In its pre-Budget submission ...

The trouble with best financial interests duty

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2021
The best financial interests duty reform has major loopholes and lacks guidance from regulators, leading to major confusion for superannuation trustees. The fourth element of the proposed Your Future, Your Super reforms should be abandoned, according ...

Fund manager expands, hires two executives

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021
A boutique fund manager is ramping up its expansion strategy with two executive hires who will lead distribution and asset management efforts respectively. Holon Global Investments has appointed Rory Scott as head of asset management and Peter Titley ...

Billionaires profit from pandemic: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
The nation's wealthiest saw their fortunes increase by nearly $85 billion during the COVID-19 pandemic, a global survey highlighting the widening income-inequity gap shows. Thirty-one Australian billionaires saw their bank balances swell between March ...

Macquarie backs medical drone testing

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021
Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) portfolio company will trial a medical drone logistics network across the United Kingdom. AGS Airports, held by Ferrovial and the MIRA managed entity AGS Ventures Airports, is leading a consortium to develop ...