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Investors welcome Rio resignations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
Chief executive of Rio Tinto, Jean-Sebastien Jacques, will step down following pressure from investors and indigenous leaders over the destruction of the Juukan Gorge in May. Rio Tinto said the decision was made following the board review of the company's ...

BlackRock wins $7.1bn mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
BlackRock has secured a $7.1 billion (£4bn) mandate from a UK pension scheme. The investment manager will provide asset allocation and manager-selection decisions across all asset classes for the Civil Aviation Authority Pension Scheme (CAAPS), a defined ...

Chief economist update: ECB keeps it steady

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
They came, they deliberated, they...well...didn't do anything. At its September 10 meeting, the European Central Bank's (ECB) governing council decided to keep interest rates unchanged - repo rate at 0.00%; marginal lending facility rate at ...

Aussie small caps outperform

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
Australian small-cap managers are blitzing league tables and outperforming most investment strategies during the global pandemic, Rainmaker research shows. Rainmaker's July Wholesale managed funds performance report reveals the best and worst fund ...

Women receive worse advice: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
Financial advisers tend to give female clients poorer advice and recommend riskier assets compared to male clients, a new study shows. Women are significantly more likely to receive undiversified financial advice than men, researchers from the Hong ...

Industry fund hikes premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
Members of a Queensland-based industry fund will soon see their insurance premiums rise by as much as 43% from October. From October 1, members of Intrust Super's MySuper option will pay more for both life cover and life and TPD cover. For those members ...

CFS super distribution lead joins Allianz Retire+

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
The head of superannuation distribution at Colonial First State has commenced in a new role, leading a newly created institutional partnership strategy at the retirement specialist. Fintan Thornton has been appointed head of institutional solutions ...

Millennials jump on COVID-19 volatility

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
Millennial investors have been undeterred by market volatility due to COVID-19, according to new research conducted by Calastone. The results of a survey of people in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, UK, US and Germany, found a correlation between ...

Aussie super funds climb ranks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
Total assets held by Australia's super funds rose almost 20% in 2019, with 16 now sitting within the top 300 pension funds worldwide, new analysis shows. In stark contrast to this year, Aussie super funds enjoyed an extremely positive 2019, according ...

Adviser demands answers from Media Super

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
A financial adviser has publicly called on the chief executive of Media Super to explain why a total and permanent disability claim for a very vulnerable client has been indefinitely delayed. ClaimRight founder and Financial Planning Association of ...