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FS team picks: The top stories for 2020

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR, KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
Of the almost 3500 stories penned this year, these are the stories the Financial Standard team feels defined 2020. The Financial Standard editorial team has written 3484 stories so far in 2020. It wasn't always easy either. Like most of you, we ...

Vision Super increases premiums

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
Vision Super and its group insurer MLC Life have increased the cost of insurance premiums by 17.8%. The $10.3 billion industry fund said that MLC Life had determined the 17.8% increase was required to continue to cover the cost of providing insurance ...

Chief economist update: China turns crisis into opportunity

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
"When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity." Although already debunked as incorrect by Sinologists, this quotation attributed to John F. Kennedy regained ...

IOOF ups costs for self-employed advisers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
Self-employed financial advisers working with IOOF will have to pay more for the same services under the new IOOF structure which will focus the business on three key pillars in the advice space. Speaking to investors today, IOOF chief advice officer ...

Home ownership shouldn't be at expense of super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
Removing barriers to young people being able to enter the housing market would be a better approach than using superannuation for a housing deposit, according to the chair of retirement income at Challenger, Jeremy Cooper. Speaking at the virtual ASFA ...

Chief economist update: The virus, the vaccine and Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
It's quite a delicate balance - akin to the "will it, won't it" speculations on Fed policy decisions BC (before COVID) - but it appears that the dying days of 2020 swing between optimism and pessimism depending on which side of the bed financial ...

CountPlus to continue acquisition spree

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
The ASX-listed advice and accounting group has confirmed it will continue to carry out its extensive growth strategy with further "tuck-in" acquisitions. Speaking at the company's annual general meeting, CountPlus chair Ray Kellerman said the "considerable ...

ESG push not going anywhere

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
Close to 90% of investors globally are asking their fund manager for environmental, social and governance (ESG) products, according to the 2020 EY Global Alternative Fund Survey. According to the survey, allocators are increasingly focused on ESG products ...

RBA measures not solely due to COVID: Treasury

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
The unconventional monetary policy measures launched by the Reserve Bank of Australia are not solely a result of the COVID-19 shock, Treasury Secretary Steven Kennedy said. Speaking to Australian Business Economists for a post-budget briefing, Kennedy ...

BT changes adviser fee structure

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020
BT Index Funds will be ceasing ongoing adviser fees (OAFs) and introducing a new feature to facilitate one-off advice fees. BT said from 1 December 2020 it will introduce a new feature that will allow investors and their financial advisers to agree ...