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Rice Warner weighs in on Your Future, Your Super

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021
... of new members and will inevitably dwindle", Rice Warner said, anticipating that most employers will over time will have little interest in their employees' super arrangements. The second concern involves first-time entrants to the workforce and ...

Ignition Advice chief exits

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2021
Ignition Advice chief executive Manish Prasad announced he has left his position after a little over two years in the role. On a LinkedIn post, Prasad said the decision to step down has come after a year characterised by change. "It has been a tough ...

Super industry to branch out: Rice Warner

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 DEC 2020
... as their members die.? "This segment will grow by only 1.5% a year which holds the total retirement growth to 3.4% - a little less than the growth of accumulation funds," Rice Warner said. "Our projections indicate that market dynamics will shift in ...

ERS had little effect on funds: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 22 DEC 2020
Large outflows experienced by some super funds as a result of the government's early release of super scheme had little impact on fund performance, according to new research from the University of Melbourne. The research, conducted by James Brugler ...

ASIC takes action against La Trobe Financial

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 DEC 2020
... The two funds in question have minimum investment thresholds of just $10 and allow investors to redeem their money in as little as 48 hours or 90 days. However, the funds included the caveat in their constitutions that La Trobe Financial could take up ...

Australia in China's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
"Convince your enemy that he will gain very little by attacking you; this will diminish his enthusiasm" - Sun Tzu, The Art of War It would be surprising and un-Chinese for China not to heed the prescriptions of one of its famous son, Sun Tzu - a military ...

Chief economist update: An extra mile for a deal

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2020
... from the European Union (EU) and 11 months into the transition period after Brexit became official on 31 January 2020. Little has changed during this period - Britain remains inside the EU's customs union and single market with unrestricted trade ...

Funds' net-zero ambitions collide with Santos

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... figures are still the most up-to-date numbers and said that if anything, the holding in Santos was likely to have grown a little due to market movements. As at 30 June 2020 AustralianSuper, the country's biggest fund, had just $31 million in Santos. ...

Chief economist update: Australian capex in COVID-19's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... certain that the underlying direction in business investment is down. So it was. The September quarter capex report offered little surprise. Here's the headline take from the ABS' September 2020 quarter report: - Total new capital expenditure ...

AIA under fire for coal holdings

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2020
... live healthier, longer, better lives". "In many ways AIA tries to live up to its lofty goals. But the company has a dirty little secret: unlike many of its peers, it still invests in polluting coal companies and projects." Whilst the campaign is unable ...