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AustralianSuper hires for investment team

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
The $188 billion superannuation fund has appointed a new deputy head of equities, and three investment directors for its London team. Former VFMC chief investment officer Justin Pascoe, who joined AustralianSuper mid-2019 as a senior portfolio manager ...

Retail superannuation funds grilled on member priorities

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
A parliamentary inquiry has again cast doubt over retail superannuation funds' ability to put the best financial interests of members ahead of profit and shareholders. The most recent Standing Committee on Economics into super heard instances of ...

JobKeeper saved 700,000 jobs: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
One in five Australians who received the JobKeeper payment would not have stayed employed this year without it, according to a research paper from the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). The Morrison government announced a series of fiscal measures at ...

SMSFs are cost-effective, deliver for members

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
New research suggests that self-managed super funds are giving retail and industry funds a run for their money in terms of fees and returns. Joint research by the SMSF Association and Rice Warner found SMSFs with $200,000 or more are cost competitive ...

Milford makes key appointments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
Trans-Tasman fund manager Milford Asset Management has grown its team with two key appointments. Marissa Rossi has been appointed head of sustainable investments and Jason Kururangi has been appointed senior analyst in the Australian equities team. ...

Retirement costs keep rising: ASFA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
The cost of retirement has increased for both singles and couples despite the partial return to pre-COVID-19 prices, according to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). ASFA published its Retirement Standard September quarter 2020 ...

Regulator continues crackdown on product adverts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
ASIC has placed a stop order on another fund after it found radio advertisements compared the fund to term deposits and did not include proper risk warnings. The stop order was placed on advertisements for the Skyring Fixed Income Fund prohibiting it ...

Pan-Asian equities to perform well: Longlead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
Despite the tumultuous market conditions brought about this year, Longlead Capital Partners believes Pan-Asia equities are set to deliver a strong performance in 2021. The region delivered positives returns and outperformed global peers in 2020 which ...

Super fund joins climate initiative

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
A $54 billion industry fund, a mining company and a professional services firm have joined an initiative to tackle emissions in supply chains by 2050. Cbus, Fortescue Metal Group and Aurecon have signed on to the Australian Industry Energy Transitions ...

Aussie dividends lag on global stage

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
Global dividends took an 11% hit, falling $76.7 billion in the third quarter with the weakest results coming from Australia, the UK, and the Netherlands, according to Janus Henderson. The Global Dividend Index revealed Australian dividends suffered ...