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Chief economist update: David Australia versus Goliath China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept monetary policy unchanged at its December board meeting - the last of 2020 - and for good reason. "In Australia, the economic recovery is under way and recent data have generally been better than expected... ...

AMP Capital invests in UK port

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
AMP Capital has secured a stake in a UK port operator via its infrastructure debt fund. The firm originated and closed a stake in a junior holdco facility secured against Peel Ports within its AMP Capital Infrastructure Debt Fund IV (IDF IV). Peel Ports ...

Chief economist update: It's looking up for the land down under

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2020
It keeps getting better and better for Australia. Only yesterday, I penned about things bright and beautiful developing in Australia - its success over containing the second wave and the consequent relaxation of restrictions and re-opening of state ...

Spaceship launches new managed fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... (responsible consumption and production). The previous two Spaceship Voyager funds were launched in May 2018. Spaceship Origin has returned 8.5% p.a. in the 29 months to October end and Space ship Universe had returned 27.1% p.a. over the period. The ...

Shipton's tax bill under scrutiny

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) has answered questions in regards to the remuneration of ASIC chair James Shipton and former deputy chair Daniel Crennan. At the parliamentary joint committee on corporations and financial services, chair ...

Successor fund transfer finalised

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
A $65 billion industry fund is now home to the members of a corporate super plan after a successor fund transfer, which had been delayed, was completed. The IAG & NRMA Superannuation Plan first announced it would merge with Sunsuper in February 2019. ...

APRA eases hard caps in revamped executive pay

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
A new draft of APRA's remuneration guidelines has scrapped its original plan to cap financial measures' contribution to executives' variable remuneration at 50%. Instead the boards will be able to assign a "material weight" to how much of ...

Fund managers' ESG beef

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... associated with meat and dairy either - rather, the pandemic has highlighted another risk factor. The mainstream theory on the origin of COVID-19 is that it was spread via a wet market in the Chinese city of Wuhan originally. FAIRR found that 73% of ...

State Super scholarship opens

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
State Super's post-graduate scholarship program is open for students in New South Wales interested in studying superannuation. The Academic Scholarship program offers four $16,000 scholarships available for masters and honours students. There is also ...

The hits you don't see hurt the most: Aviva

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
A survey of institutional investors representing over €2 trillion in assets under management, conducted by Aviva Investors, demonstrated that COVID-19's blows to real assets have left pension funds wary. Less than half of insurance companies (49%) ...