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TelstraSuper lowers admin fee

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021
... options in the country on a three-year basis at the end of March 2021, according to Rainmaker research, returning 9.2%. In March this year, the fund opened its doors to friends and family of members for the first time. Through a referral tool on the ...

Chief economist update: Delta variant infects Australian economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021
... pandemic. The unemployment rate dropped to 5.1% in May - the seventh straight month of decline -- from 5.5% in April and 5.3% in March 2020 when lockdowns started. Record or near-record high business conditions and confidence and above-average consumer ...

Mary Manning exits Ellerston Capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
Ellerston Capital's portfolio manager for Asia strategies Mary Manning has resigned, and will join another boutique. Manning was the portfolio manager of the Ellerston Asia Growth Fund, which invested in Asia ex-Japan stocks and returned 1.3% over ...

KPMG promotes two super experts

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
... superannuation advisory, actuarial and financial risk, will become a partner on July 1. She joined the consulting firm in March 2016, having previously worked at BT Financial Group, Asgard, St George Bank, Commonwealth Bank and Macquarie. Storniolo also ...

Virtual company meetings to stay

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... This was set in Corporations (Coronavirus Economic Response) Determination (No. 3) 2020, which expired on March 21. Back in March, ASIC said it was taking a "no action" position on companies holding their annual general meetings via videoconferencing ...

Chief economist update: UK not there yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... index closed half a percent higher on the day - up 10.1% this year to date and up 42.4% from the pandemic low plumbed in March last year - aided by the dip in the pound sterling's exchange rate and the fall in the yield on 10-year UK bonds. The British ...

Westpac backs out of NZ demerger plans

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
... business after reviewing the feasibility of the 160-year-old division and the impact of increased capital requirements. In March, the bank flagged that it was in early stages of reviewing Westpac New Zealand (WNZL) as regulatory requirements in New Zealand ...

Aware Super, MIRA acquisition progresses

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
... scheme. MIRA had previously made a bid for Vocus in February before Aware Super joined the deal later that month. Back in March, Vocus agreed to the scheme implementation deed. At the time, Vocus managing director and chief executive Kevin Russel said ...

Chief economist update: Chinese activity indicators disappoint but growth target intact

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
... 17.0% print. The annual growth in industrial production slowed to 8.8% in May from 9.8% in the previous month, 14.1% in March and 35.1% in February. Again, this is less than market expectations for a gentle slowing to a 9.2% year-on-year rate. Three ...

Chief economist update: It's raining jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
... apprehensions that around 100K-150,000 Australians would lose employment after the government's JobKeeper scheme ended in March. My back of the envelope calculations shows that a total of 256,000 jobs have been created in the first five months of ...