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Majority of ERS applications double dippers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
The majority of payments made through the government's Early Release of Super (ERS) scheme have been double dippers, according to the most recent APRA data. In the period from the scheme's inception until end of financial year, 2.54 million applications ...

Instos dial up alternatives allocations

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... alternatives over the next three to five years. Diversification was the main reason alternative assets look attractive to the majority of institutional investors within pension funds, insurance companies, endowments and foundations, and sovereign wealth ...

Sustainable ETF demand skyrockets

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... Morningstar looked at 534 sustainable index funds with collective assets under management of US$250 billion ($343.6bn), the majority of which are domiciled in Europe (76%), followed by the US and the rest of the world. "Europe's dominance is largely ...

Australia most active region in Q2: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... Singaporean and South Korean investors. Global all cap growth strategies also experienced similar interest, but with the majority of views coming from China. Of note, investment product views within Hong Kong (primarily in Chinese and US equities) were ...

Technology can ease adviser red tape: Academic

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... advice industry are achievable. At the virtual keynote event, Hanrahan said that financial advice can serve the vast majority of Australians if technology or artificial intelligence works alongside advisers. It is perhaps selecting products for clients ...

Investor expectations pie in the sky: Schroders

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... returns are still high." Interestingly, Australians have a general preference for active investment methods while the majority of their investment portfolios are passive with around 40% of investor portfolios made up of active investments with the remaining ...

ERS to lead to rising pension costs, higher taxes

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
... analysis shows more than 600,000 people accessing their super early have completed drained their accounts, with the vast majority of these being those under 35 years old. "The findings are a stark warning against changes that seek to make permanent or ...

First Sentier takes stake in renewable energy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... executive of Terra-Gen, said: "California is undergoing a transformation of its power generation resources from a majority of natural gas plants to renewables and battery storage, driven by ambitious energy and environmental policy initiatives." "As ...

Industry fund reduces fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
A $1.7 billion superannuation fund is cutting some of its fees as of 1 October 2020. The majority of Christian Super's 28,000 members will benefit from asset allocation changes, lower fees paid to investment managers, and reduced indirect costs ...

ASIC drops CBA investigation

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... agency. AUSTRAC slapped the bank with an additional 100 allegations just three months later, with CBA denying the majority of the fresh allegations in a submission to the Federal Court. In June 2018, the Commonwealth bank settled the civil proceedings ...