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Strong wage growth lags inflation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2022
Treasurer Jim Chalmers and employment minister Tony Burke said they are pleased to see strong wages growth but noted it's still well short of inflation. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data shows the Wage Price Index rose 2.6% in the year to June ...

Most retirees want pension support through super: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 16 AUG 2022
New data shows that 70% of retirees want Age Pension support from their super fund. Link Group's Retirement Reality: Advice and the Age Pension whitepaper reveals that 74% of women and 67% of men want more support when it comes to the Age Pension ...

Aussie crypto investors bullish despite market volatility

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022
Digital investment platform Syfe has released new findings from an independent investor survey, coinciding with the launch of its product to the Australian market. At a Sydney media briefing, Syfe general manager and Australia country head Tim Wallace ...

ASIC research guides retail investment regulations

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 AUG 2022
ASIC has released a retail investor research report which captures motivations, attitudes and behaviours, helping the regulator determine where its efforts should be concentrated. The report offers a point-in-time snapshot of investor behaviour during ...

Cash was king in FY22: Vanguard

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2022
The only asset class to generate a positive return in FY22 was cash - a title it hasn't held since the Global Financial Crisis. Vanguard has released its 2022 Index Chart, capturing every major asset class over the last 30 years. The data shows ...

BlackRock, Coinbase partner on crypto offering

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2022
BlackRock will make cryptocurrency available to institutional investors through a partnership with Coinbase. The investment giant selected Coinbase to provide its institutional clients with direct access to crypto, starting with Bitcoin, and the market ...

NGS Super divests oil, gas producers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2022
NGS Super has divested from more than $190 million in oil and gas exploration and production companies, predominantly Woodside and Santos. The divestment is in line with the fund's announced target of a 35% reduction of Scope 1 and Scope 2 carbon ...

ASIC continues crack down on deceptive advertising

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2022
The corporate regulator has issued stop orders against a commercial property investment firm for misrepresenting the performance risks of one of its funds, including marketing it as 'Covid proof'. An interim stop order was placed on Fawkner Property ...

KPMG spotlights super's biggest challenges

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2022
KPMG has flagged ESG, tax governance, financial crime, adaptive investment operations and regulatory risks as some of its key considerations for the super sector in 2022. According to KPMG's latest Super Insights 2022 report, last year climate change ...

ASIC issues first DDO stop orders

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022
Flexing its powers for the first time, ASIC has issued stop orders to three companies over deficiencies in their products' target market determinations. In what marks its first use of its stop order powers under the design and distribution obligations ...