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Super funds set renewables targets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has welcomed the decision at a recent Treasury investor roundtable to progress work towards encouraging greater investment in Australia's renewables transition. The roundtable was for the Net ...

'Turbulent' environment expected in 2025: Robeco

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2024
Robeco has forecasted another challenging year for the global economy, marked by conflicting signals and complex dynamics, in its 2025 economic outlook titled This is not a landing. Robeco said the US economy shows signs of continued resilience, despite ...

Cbus confirms CFMEU nominations to board

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024
Cbus has confirmed Paddy Crumlin, Jason O'Mara and Lucy Weber have joined the board after satisfying a 'fit and proper persons test' as part of the ongoing independent review being conducted by Deloitte at the direction of APRA. The findings ...

Low-cost funds outperform in most asset classes: Morningstar

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024
... the higher fees posed too much of a drag to achieve success in these cases. Within this category, fees had no predictive power, and medium-term performance was dependent on a manager's skill." Despite clear advantages, the firm advised not to disregard ...

Admin and compliance taking up 56% of advice practice costs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024
... the research will spark more conversation in the industry. "Given the scale of pain points experienced by practitioners, power will lie with the product providers who place technology at the centre of operations and customer engagements," he said. "We're ...

Treasury consults on beneficial ownership disclosure reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024
The government is again consulting on its plans to increase disclosure requirements in relation to ownership of listed entities. Treasury has commenced a second consultation relating to its plans to implement a public beneficial ownership register ...

Insignia Financial eyes 'most efficient' title by 2030

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2024
... reduce our cost to serve, freeing up advisers to spend more time with more clients." "At Insignia Financial we believe in the power of financial advice and its ability to improve people's lives," chief executive Scott Hartley said. "We recognise there ...

Bragg calls for Cbus to front Senate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2024
... themselves. And so, we have asked the chief executive of Cbus to make themselves available." Bragg added that the Senate has the power to compulsorily summon someone and said that option was currently being discussed. "Obviously, we wouldn't use ...

Outdated super rule costs teens $10k at retirement

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2024
... every smart investor knows, thanks to the magic of compound returns, a dollar invested early in life in super has the most power to grow our retirement savings exponentially over our lives." SMC research shows the majority (85%) of Australians believe ...

US election to add to inflation woes: Experts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2024
... structural factors that transcend political cycles," it said. "Therefore, attributing economic success solely to the party in power oversimplifies the complex dynamics that drive economic growth." Federated Hermes executive vice president, chief investment ...