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Industry fund hikes insurance premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
Insurance premiums will rise by as much as 60% from next week for members of a state-based industry superannuation fund. Insurance premiums paid by WA Super members will increase substantially from November 4 following a review by TAL, with the fund ...

Inflation the forgotten risk to retiree portfolios

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
Advisers should not underrate inflation risk when building retirement income portfolios for clients, an AMP Capital portfolio manager told attendees at Financial Standard Retirement Income Best Practice Forum in Sydney this morning. Speaking during ...

Chief economist update: Arrivederci Signor Draghi

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
Super "whatever it takes" Mario Draghi's final outing as president of the European Central Bank (ECB) came and went without much fanfare. The ECB kept monetary policy settings unchanged at its October 24 meeting. This is to be expected after it ...

Industry fund hires new product lead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2019
... responsible for the fund's product management and development framework and will work closely with chief strategy and risk officer Ben Facer. Woodrow was most recently senior product development manager at BT Financial Group, spending approximately nine ...

Chief economist update: It's the money, stupid

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2019
Extra, extra, read all about it! The S&P 500 index closed at a new all-time high overnight underpinned by bullish headlines that include: positive US-China trade talks; near-certainty of another Fed rate cut at its October FOMC meeting and the latest ...

New chair at Local Government Super

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2019
The $12 billion superannuation fund has appointed its first independent chair, after amending its constitution in June to add more independent candidates to its board. Local Government Super's new board chair is Kyle Loades who has worked with NRMA ...

Powerwrap appoints director

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2019
Wealth management platform Powerwrap shuffled its board, after the resignation of a director. Fiona Boyd has been appointed as a director of the platform provider, after Donna Hardman stepped away from the board for personal reasons. Currently the chief ...

Industry fund awards admin mandate

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2019
Australia's largest open defined benefit superannuation fund awarded an administration technology mandate to IRESS. ESSSuper has signed an agreement with IRESS which will see the technology firm install an automated administration service - Automated ...

Chief economist update: Is the A$ becoming a safe-haven currency?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2019
As Glum (of Gulliver's Travels fame) puts it; "We're doomed, we'll never make it!" Speculation that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) may have to take the official cash rate to zero or even negative and/or start printing Australian dollars ...

Colonial First State launches new fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2019
Colonial First State has expanded its partnership with Scottish manager Baillie Gifford, launching a stewardship-focused fund for Australian investors. Baillie Gifford Global Stewardship Fund will invest in 70 to 100 global stocks, picked with stewardship ...