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Inflation spooks retirees more than healthcare costs

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
... the time to prioritise saving for a brighter future," she said. A survey from Equip Super yielded similar results. Six in seven Australians (85%) are more cautious about how and what they spend money on, given the rising cost of living and inflation ...

ASIC slams funds' serious deficiencies over advice fee charges

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024
... member's balance and that few trustees have controls in place to protect low balance members. As such, 328 members across seven of the funds were found to have had deductions exceeding $15,000. Moreover, three trustees reported not checking any advice ...

Morningstar unsure if KKR's Perpetual bid benefits shareholders

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024
... to a completely new one. We see this as presenting some risk, albeit the ability to use the brand on funds for a further seven years perhaps mitigates this to some degree," Citi said.

Chief member officer leaves Insignia Financial

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024
... senior roles with Russell Investments, including head of its Asia Pacific business. She joined Russell in 2000 but left seven years later to join Mercer. The senior consultant rejoined Russell as head of Australia and New Zealand in 2013 before being ...

Brighter Super to close socially responsible options

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2024
... returned 14.9% against the median return of 10.9%. Over three years it returned 6.9%, when the median was 6%, and over five, seven and 10 years its performance has hovered above 7%, in line with the median. However, it is one of the fund's most expensive ...

Dividends up but share buybacks fall: Janus Henderson

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
Global companies spent $181 billion less on share buybacks in 2023 compared to 2022, according to Janus Henderson's latest annual share buyback study. The $1.11 trillion total was $181 billion lower than in 2022, a significant decline of 14% year-on-year ...

Auditors lambast mandatory climate reporting requirements

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024
Almost 90% of surveyed auditors do not support the government's requirements to implement mandatory climate reporting and assurance on private companies, not-for-profits and companies limited by guarantee, according to a new survey. The survey was conducted ...

ISPT issues $1.5bn sustainably linked loan facility

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024
... is reportedly one of the largest for any Australia real estate fund manager. The facility is evenly split across five and seven-year tenors and has attracted participation from 20 lenders. Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), ANZ, Westpac, and HSBC ...

Australians need $1.6m for comfortable retirement: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2024
Australians believe they need $1.6 million to be financially comfortable in retirement, a new survey from Colonial First State (CFS) finds, but they cannot agree on what living comfortably looks like. This is well above Association of Superannuation ...

T. Rowe Price appoints local operations chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2024
... heads. Australia is the second largest market for T. Rowe Price in APAC behind Japan. "Our Australian business is also one of seven markets that are part of T. Rowe Price's international growth initiative because of its growth potential and ability ...