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HESTA managers improve on gender diversity

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
... long way from parity. HESTA surveyed 70 of its external managers in December 2017 and then again in December 2019 before COVID-19 hit. In 2018, women held 18% of the investment roles at HESTA mandated managers. This increased to 23% in 2020, meaning ...

Super leaders recognised

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
... the implementation of infrastructure to enable the Government's economic support measures to Australians during the COVID-19 pandemic. "On behalf of all Australians, congratulations to all recipients. Each of these individuals are unique and their ...

Chief economist update: Anchoring the recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
... strongly in the second quarter. With a survey record build-up of work-in-hand to be followed by the further loosening of covid restrictions in the coming months, growth is likely to be even more impressive in the third quarter." Not surprising, the Euro ...

CFS, UniSuper win customer satisfaction nods

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... customers in industries as diverse as finance and insurance, automotive, gas and electricity and even travel. "Despite the COVID-19 pandemic there were several businesses that satisfied their customers at a high level in 2020 with ten businesses winning ...

Hostplus holds on to MySuper top spot

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2021
... respectively. However, funds have continued to pare back losses in the strong rebound. "It's worth noting that the strong post COVID-19 recovery is very similar to the returns rally observed after the Global Financial Crisis (GFC)," the report said. ...

CFAs not immune to pay cuts

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021
About 15% of CFAs working as investment professionals had a pay cut related to COVID-19, according to a new survey that says pay remained relatively resilient during the pandemic. CFA Institute surveyed 4600 investment professionals from its member ...

PRI chief executive resigns

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021
... away from her home country of Australia, during her time leading the PRI has been challenging on a personal level. "The COVID-19 pandemic has made this more difficult in many ways, particularly with the ongoing closure of borders, and so has hastened ...

BlackRock wins monumental mandate

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
... follows British Airways Pension being forced to defer more than $820 million in pension payments in February last year after COVID-19 impacted air travel. Prior to the deferment, British Airways Pension was already dealing with a funding shortfall of ...

How noise impacts trading performance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
... almost all traders were at home during a period of extreme volatility. "If you think about what the markets were like pre-COVID, from November 2019 to February 2020, we knew COVID was out there, but the markets didn't think it was a big deal, and volatility ...

Chief economist update: RBA cash rate on ice until 2024

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
... 2022". As for inflation, it's expected to rise temporarily "above 3% in the June quarter because of the reversal of some COVID-19-related price reductions" but largely, the RBA expects only a "gradual and modest" rise in inflation and wages. "In ...