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Liberals should liberate Australians from super: Bragg

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
Liberal senator Andrew Bragg has pulled no punches in a recently released policy manifesto titled The basis of a fair society is a strong economy, once again calling for superannuation to be voluntary for those on low incomes. "Superannuation is a significant ...

EQT reveals most popular fund launches

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
Equity Trustees has found that the most popular recent fund launches are in global equities, but there is also strong growth in retail and ESG themed funds. The 100 body of research developed by Equity Trustees has shown that 34% of funds brought to ...

Cbus to sell corporate art collection

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
Cbus is auctioning its art collection, estimated to be worth about $9 million. The Cbus Collection of Important Australian Art features more than 280 works dating from the colonial era through to contemporary pieces. Artists in the collection include ...

Goldman Sachs strengthens leveraged finance team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022
Goldman Sachs has hired Colin Mathews to run leveraged finance in Australia and New Zealand. Currently, the New York-based Mathews co-leads oil and gas coverage within the leveraged finance group. In his new role, he will assume responsibility for the ...

HESTA opposes AGL demerger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022
The industry fund will not back the proposed demerger, saying it will not adequately support decarbonisation efforts and therefore wouldn't serve its members' best interests. HESTA said it has engaged with AGL and decided to vote against the demerger. ...

Total super assets grow to $3.4tn

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022
APRA's latest quarterly superannuation performance statistics show the industry's total assets increased almost 10% over the past year. Super assets totalled $3.4 trillion at the end of March 2022, a 9.7% increase from the year prior. The total assets ...

Superhero board signs former ASIC boss

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022
Former ASIC chair James Shipton has joined the board of Superhero. The trading platform, which launched in September 2020, has close to 200,000 investors and rolled out zero brokerage US share trading as well as its flagship superannuation offering. ...

Rate rise exposes adviser knowledge gap

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022
As interest rates rise and inflation grows, some are lamenting a possible knowledge and experience gap in the industry, with a considerable number of financial advisers having only ever known a low inflation environment. At its May meeting, the Reserve ...

Pandemic created a new billionaire every 30 hours: Oxfam

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022
Billionaire wealth soared during and after the pandemic, with a new billionaire created every 30 hours in 2022, a new Oxfam International brief reveals. According to Oxfam, the total wealth of the world's billionaires is now equivalent to 13.9% of global ...

LUCRF Super executive joins Cbus

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022
Following its planned merger with AustralianSuper next month, the deputy chief executive of LUCRF Super will join Cbus' leadership team. Antony Thow has been appointed group executive of brand, growth and product, effective July. His appointment follows ...