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Super fund overhauls performance on red rating

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... savings to our members ranging from 14-26 bps (product dependent) and accrued through the 2019-2020 financial year providing a huge benefit for our members," he said. The cost reductions consequently have benefitted members to the tune of $21 million ...

Banks lose US$635 billion

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... according to research from Buy Shares. The data indicated that 14 of the world's largest major global banks have suffered huge market losses as a result of the COVID-19 economic shutdowns. The research said the US's Wells Fargo was the biggest ...

MS sufferer fights CommInsure definition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... medically necessary in an attempt to meet the definitions used by insurance companies. "A lumbar puncture is awful. It's a huge needle going into your spine and sucking out fluid. You have to have painkillers and go to hospital for it. It is awful," ...

Investors seek to increase EM exposure

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
Asia-based institutional investors and those from around the world expect to increase their emerging market (EM) exposures, both in equity and fixed income, according to Vontobel Asset Management. The Vontobel investor survey found while a minority ...

Milestone Group appoints APAC lead

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
... acquisition activities among our super funds; they're turning into larger financial institutions in their own right, and we see huge opportunity for them to use our product solutions to be able to automate their investment implementation cycle," ...

ACCC flags dangers of ERS

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... theft. The ACCC's national scam awareness week this year is focussed on identity theft, with the agency saying they've seen a huge uptick in scams taking advantage of people during the COVID-19 pandemic. ACCC deputy chair Delia Rickard said the agency ...

Take your CAPE ratio with a grain of salt

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... could say the Australian market looks more attractive than the US market." Similar to its American counterpart, there are huge dispersions of value within the Australian market, with some sectors more attractively priced than others, he said. Because ...

40% of ERS applicants not eligible: illion

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... during the COVID-19 crisis, as withdrawals surpass $31 billion. The research found that the scheme has continues to drive a huge spending boom and that the program has not been used as intended by many Australians. "The analysis of de-identified, aggregated ...

IOOF, LUCRF Super on ERS workload

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... elements of the COVID-19 pandemic to adapt to. IOOF head of fund statutory reporting Paul Tsironis said that ERS resulted in a huge increase in workload. Speaking to Clear Path Analysis chief executive Noel Hillmann for The new operating environment ...

It's your money: Hume calls out Keating

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
... Keating made comments against the ERS scheme at an Industry Super Australia event. Keating said the scheme had come at a huge cost to individual's retirement savings, and particularly affected low-income earners.