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Super baby bonus proposed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 FEB 2022
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) is proposing a $5000 superannuation baby bonus be introduced, as the industry also calls for the government to prioritise the removal of the $450 threshold as parliamentary sitting resumes. ...

Aussies shell out $51m on crypto fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2022
Australians have forked out $50.9 million on cryptocurrency trading fees as more intend to invest in this asset class. According to Finder, Bitcoin charges a fee of 0.6% based on the purchase price for parcels less than $10,000, while some exchanges ...

Fidelity hires from Mercer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 JAN 2022
Fidelity International has bolstered its institutional capability, hiring Mercer's head of Australian equities research. Mark Vrkic has been appointed as director, institutional business, based in Sydney for Fidelity International. He joins from Mercer ...

Residential property demand to weaken

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2022
Demand for residential property is expected to cool down this year despite the number of auction figures recorded in the final quarter of 2021. With stock levels running low and the potential for interest rates to rise, BuyersBuyers co-founder Pete ...

Dramatic growth in non-aligned advisers: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022
Financial advisers tilted towards the non-aligned sector at an unprecedented rate during 2021, a new report suggests. The 71% drop in adviser numbers came from aligned AFSLs, according to Rainmaker's Financial Adviser Report. The number of aligned ...

Barclays appoints managing directors

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2022
... Australia's banking landscape. Based in Sydney, Beattie was most recently J.P. Morgan's head of Financial Institutions Group (FIG) and had been co-head of debt capital markets for 16 years where he managed debt origination and execution for a wide range ...

200% more ESG investments from sovereign funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 14 JAN 2022
New data suggests sovereign wealth funds globally increased their commitments to ESG investments by 215.27% between 2020 and 2021. The amount sovereign wealth funds have invested in ESG strategies surged from US$7.2 billion to $22.7 billion. Over the ...

Best-performing default funds revealed

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JAN 2022
A mix of retail, industry and corporate superannuation funds dominated the 10 best-performing default options list in the latest November figures. New Rainmaker analysis of personal default superannuation fund options found that over a three-year period ...

Labor pledges calm in superannuation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2021
Labor promises that superannuation will not be hotly contested in the upcoming federal election, vowing that if it comes to power in 2022 it will not introduce major changes. Shadow minister Stephen Jones pledged more stability and less uncertainty ...

Industry super funds launch fresh campaign

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2021
Industry Super Australia has unveiled its latest advertising campaign, encouraging Australians to join one of its 13 member funds. The industry group has launched the 'I'm with one' campaign will run on metro, regional and subscription television ...