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Government merges advice reviews

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2021
The federal government will fold the 2022 Life Insurance Framework Review into the Quality of Advice Review, taking over the responsibilities from ASIC. The Quality of Advice Review will consider the LIF Review as part of its wider mandate, Minister ...

JANA chief investment officer resigns

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
After 23 years with JANA, chief investment officer Steven Carew has resigned. He announced he would leave the firm in December 2021 to pursue other interests. A replacement for Carew has not yet been announced, with JANA saying it will use the remaining ...

Rest launches low-cost SRI option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
The $59 billion super fund has launched the responsible investment option Financial Standard revealed it was working on late last year, introducing one of the lowest cost SRI vehicles in the market. Rest's 1.7 million members will now have access to ...

Best MySuper options by risk-adjusted returns

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
Australian Ethical, Aware Super and BUSSQ are the top three performers in MySuper, when risk adjusted returns are considered. Rainmaker calculated a combined risk-adjusted rank for MySuper options, incorporating their average percentile scores in Sharpe ...

Challenger to change annuity pricing

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
Challenger posted record life sales but warned investors of lower FY21 profits, as tighter credit spreads force it to change annuity pricing. The life business, which includes annuities and other products such as Challenger Index Plus, saw $1.37 billion ...

Value managers fight back: Mercer

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
Value fund managers made a highly anticipated comeback in the first quarter of 2021, Mercer's latest analysis of Australian equities performance shows. In the year to March 2021, the Australian Shares Investment Manager Performance Survey revealed ...

Government debt blows out 420%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
The federal government's debt levels soared 420% over the last 25 years, shifting Australia up two notches on the rankings of an index to 13 th place. According to the inaugural Janus Henderson's Sovereign Debt Index, the federal government ...

Former Aon Hewitt adviser banned

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
ASIC has banned a former authorised representative of Aon Hewitt from providing financial services for four years. Andrew Hills has been banned following ASIC surveillance. He was an authorised representative of Aon Hewitt from February 2009 to December ...

HUB24 FUA up on acquisitions

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
The platform has recorded a significant increase in funds under administration (FUA) as it integrates its recent acquisitions into the business. HUB24's total FUA has reached $51.4 billion with Xplore Wealth contributing $17.2 billion to this figure. ...

Chief economist update: Copper 10,000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
Copper prices continue to rally and indications are it won't be long now until it recaptures the US$10,000 a tonne record it reached 10 years earlier. At the current price of US$9,415.00, copper's only 5.9% away and won't be long till it ...