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AustralianSuper to shutter property option

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2021
... three years on, the returns were down to 4.26% for FY21, as property more broadly made a smaller return contribution during COVID lockdowns. In November 2018, the fund capped members allocations to the property option at 70% and added an ability for ...

ERS re-contributions won't be taxed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2021
... tax penalty. The Australian Taxation Office confirmed individuals can now re-contribute amounts they withdrew under the COVID-19 ERS program without them counting towards their non-concessional contributions cap. These contributions can be made between ...

Zurich, OnePath cover vaccine side-effects

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2021
Zurich Life & Investments and OnePath Life have added protection coverage from the COVID-19 vaccination into eligible life insurance policies to encourage more people to get vaccinated. The new protection ensures that if any Zurich or OnePath Life insured ...

How YFYS test will change currency investments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
... 30% difference in returns between fully hedged and unhedged global equities during the GFC and a 15% difference during the COVID-19 induced market volatility in March 2020. This is relevant to how funds respond to the YFYS reforms, he said. "In an era ...

ETF use grows in SMSFs

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
... under. The report also found that SMSFs accounted for only 1% (or 22,000 SMSFs) of early withdrawal applications due to COVID-19. Nearly 80% of SMSFs had $20,000 in cash available and those with lower cash levels still had an average $668,000 in total ...

Cracking the data science code

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... and review on a higher frequency basis at least daily. "If you're trying to estimate your asset allocation through the COVID period as it was hitting, and waiting for quarterly GDP numbers to come out - it would be too late [without machine learning]." ...

Wayne Swan to chair Cbus

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... industry workers that Australia now has a $3.3 trillion pool of national savings." He added that as Australia recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic, he thinks superannuation is more important than ever. "Just as superannuation played a vital role in responding ...

New role for Harvey Kalman

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... plenty of good, durable businesses challenged to access and retain lines of capital as economies recover and grow through COVID-19. "These assets, which span manufacturing, aquaculture, technology, meat processing and pharmacies, are in distress, not ...

Market momentum to continue: ASI Conference

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... perspective, AMP Capital head of investment strategy and chief economist Shane Oliver said the global recovery impinges on the COVID-19 vaccine and maintaining high vaccination rates. "It's going to be pretty rough in the current period whether there ...

Economic recap: Week to August 27

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
... talk and still no taper (yet). Along with the declaration of "mission accomplished" in the planet's war against the COVID-19 pandemic, the Fed's annual Kansas City Fed's Jackson Hole symposium is the most widely anticipated event of this ...