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Chief economist update: Flattening the rebound

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2020
... points in June to -7 index points - the second month straight month of increase - due to broad-based improvement across industries and sharp rebounds in its components: trading (-7 in June from -19 in May); profitability (-8 from -19); employment (-11 ...

Global infrastructure proves profitable: LGIAsuper

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020
... ISQ has given LGIAsuper access to a portfolio of around US$9.1 billion across energy, utility, telecom and transport industries in the Americas, Europe and Asia. LGIAsuper chief executive Kate Farrar said the latest returns from the ISQ Global Infrastructure ...

ERS surges $7bn in a week

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020
... a younger demographic," Dunnin said. "Also unsurprising is that these funds are also those associated with impacted industries like tourism, retail and hospitality." Dunnin said given the trend expectations of funds with younger members, and therefore ...

Schroders readies private assets offering

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... private equity business Adveq, with the rest split across external managers who specialise in certain geographies or industries. Schroders is targeting returns of 10% to 12% IRR, and says equivalent Adveq funds have typically returned 12-14%. There is ...

Challenges abound as super poises for COVID-19 recovery

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
... rise to people leaving the system at the other end," he said. With 6000 people already set to leave Qantas, and other industries expected to follow suit, Frawley argued super fund trustees needed to rethink how they manage portfolios to accommodate people ...

New advice compliance solution launches

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
MyNextAdvice will develop additional solutions to help the financial advice and mortgage broking industries with compliance obligations. Using client feedback, MyNextAdvice says it will be able to mitigate complaints. It is a cloud-based service that ...

ERS figures hit $17 billion

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... $982,426,436. Hostplus has now paid out over $1.5 billion, with many of its members who work in the hospitality and travel industries impacted by travel bans and social distancing measures. Rest also topped $1.5 billion in the latest round of data. Sunsuper ...

Job vacancies up 15%: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
Data from LinkedIn and SEEK has revealed which industries are hiring - with several companies in financial services looking to fill roles. SEEK data from May revealed that job ads in the insurance and superannuation sectors were down 2%, while almost ...

Amazon launches climate VC fund

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
... to zero carbon and help protect the planet for future generations." The venture capital fund will invest in multiple industries, including transportation and logistics, energy, storage and utilisation, manufacturing, circular economy, and food and agriculture. ...

AIST celebrates Trustee of the Year

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2020
... themselves," Smith said. "He fought to improve employment conditions and to ensure that wage parity was introduced for industries that had been historically undervalued. "As a family, we are so proud of David's many accomplishments and we sincerely ...