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Chief economist update: Oil to slide into 2020

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently released its 'World Economic Outlook' report for October where it slashed its global growth projection to 3.0% this year (from 3.2% forecast in July) before rebounding to 3.4% (downgraded from its ...

$26 billion super joint venture eyes more funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... benefit members under an extended public offer (EPO) licence," Fairley said. "While other funds are talking about merging, Equip and Catholic Super are getting on with it. "The EPO licence was issued three years ago. The Catholic Super board has had ...

Rainmaker Group announces acquisition of Industry Moves

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019
The Rainmaker Group, publisher of Financial Standard and Money magazine, has added to its growing media portfolio with its acquisition of Industry Moves ( industrymoves.com ), Australia's leading publication on executive recruitment, leadership ...

Industry fund head jumps to Mercer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019
A $52.8 billion industry fund's general manager of member engagement has moved to the corporate superannuation team at Mercer. Joanne Caruana was at HESTA for almost three years where she was responsible for leading a team of superannuation advisers ...

Industry fund implements fee changes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2019
... those charged to members in the conservative option have increased to 0.19% p.a., up from 0.16%. Rainmaker research shows Equip Corporate and Equip MyFuture rank 12th and 13th respectively in the top 50 MySuper options by lowest total expense ratio. ...

Corporate, industry fund merge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019
... determined there would be fewer members in future. As of October 1, all DowASF members' benefits were transferred to Equip on a successor fund transfer basis, with the industry fund adding close to $92 million in assets as a result, according to ...

Chief economist update: This is a job for the RBA (and the Treasury)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
Sub-one percent official cash rate here we come! The Australian dollar's near half a cent drop to US$67.84 on the day immediately following the US Federal Reserve's announced a 25 bp cut in the fed funds rate underscores financial markets' ...

Statewide still keen on mergers

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
All options are on the table at Statewide Super, including looking at potential retail fund partners, but three-way mergers are too much execution risk, according to chief financial and operating officer Grant Eastwood. Statewide canned plans to merge ...

Former Equip chief joins Cbus

KARREN VERGARA, KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019
... will help steer Cbus through an ever-changing competitive marketplace. "Nicholas has runs on the board through his time at Equip, doubling the size of the fund and leading some of Australia's largest corporate and funds transfer tenders. "As super ...

Chief economist update: The budget surplus can wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019
It's rare for two economists to have a meeting of minds (you all know the economists' jokes), but I'm happy to read Jason Murphy's - an economist. He is the author of the new book Incentivology and an article on news.com.au entitled ...