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Shareholders approve Aon, WTW merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
Despite ongoing objection elsewhere, shareholders have approved the merger of Aon and Willis Towers Watson. Shareholders in Aon and Willis Towers Watson voted for all proposals necessary to see the merger through at their respective extraordinary general ...

AIST calls for top-ups for low-income ERS recipients

ANNABELLE DICKSON, KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... minimising the long-term consequences of the virus - particularly for those who can least afford it," AIST said. AIST said extra contributions to super will not be possible for most low and middle income Australians who accessed their super but those ...

Chief economist update: Gone fishing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... there," Lowe said. Credit ratings be damned. "To date, I think many of the state governments have been concerned about having extra measures because they want to preserve the low levels of debt and their credit ratings. I understand why they do that ...

Cromwell fights ARA takeover

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
Cromwell Property Group is calling on shareholders to vote against ARA Asset Management's takeover, which Cromwell calls "hostile". In a note to shareholders, Cromwell said that ARA had called an extraordinary general meeting to be held on 18 September ...

Calls for consent forms, opt-ins to be scrapped

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
... provisions be removed as they have increased the entry-level cost for clients to receive advice. "Annual opt-ins create extra red tape and also forces advisers to only consider ongoing service arrangements with the clients who are able to pay them enough ...

40% of ERS applicants not eligible: illion

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... withdrawn was spent on purchases in the first fortnight," it said. "On average, Australians withdrew around $7495 and spent an extra $3618 in the first fortnight, compared with what they spent in a normal fortnight before receiving early super." Illion ...

Chief economist update: Second wave threatens an oil spill

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
Most things appeared to be going hunky-dory for the oil market in the second quarter of this year. OPEC+ production cuts plus the easing of social distancing and the re-opening of many businesses in an increasing number of countries around the world ...

Chief economist update: Escape from Victoria

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... implement a Stage 3 lockdown lest it suffers Melbourne's fate. In response, the Morrison government is disbursing an extra A$15.6 billion for the JobKeeper scheme, taking the total cost of the programme to A$102.2 billion this financial year. Needless ...

CalPERS chief investment officer resigns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
The $565 billion pension fund is on the hunt for a new investment chief following the resignation of Yu (Ben) Meng. Meng was appointed to the lead investments role in January 2019 and, last financial year, achieved a return of 4.7% - beating its 4.3% ...

BetaShares rejigs oil ETF...again

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
... BetaShares' ETF that tracks crude oil futures is once again changing the length of contracts it tracks and is taking extra measures to automatically convert the ETF to all cash if oil futures drop significantly again. The BetaShares Crude Oil Index ...