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Gender imbalance persists in ASX200

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2022
... than 10% of chief executive and chair positions in Australia's publicly listed companies are occupied by women, a new analysis of the ASX200 reveals. Women make up 9.5% of chair roles while just 6.5% serve as chief executives, new research from the Australian ...

Super fund cuts fees, appoints insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2022
... cost ratio, which is estimated to be 0.004% of assets. Previously it was 0.04%. As a result of the reduction, Rainmaker analysis suggests AMG will have one of the lowest cost MySuper products in Australia, with total fees charged by AMG MySuper to come ...

ESG funding booms in Australia: Calastone

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2022
... year but the nation still lags on a global scale, according to the last Global Fund Flow Index from Calastone. In an analysis covering over half a million buy and sell orders every month from January 2019, Calastone's index found that the net new capital ...

Low fees, niche sectors win ETF war

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022
New analysis from Morningstar has revealed the winners from the intense competition in ETFs are those with low fees or offering exposure to niche sectors like disruptive technology. Vanguard, BetaShares, and iShares remain at the top of Australia's ...

Cbus, Media Super set merger date

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022
... would be paying $539, broken down into $439 on their super balance and $100 for their insurance premiums," Rainmaker analysis states. "Post-merger this same member might expect to pay $552 being in the MySuper option and maintaining the same amount of ...

SMSF sector grows 11%: ATO stats

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2022
... on year. Finally, the average taxable income of all SMSF members was $116,000, while the median was $65,000. For its analysis, the ATO primarily considered 2019/20 SMSF annual returns in addition to 2020/21 information from registrations, wind-ups and ...

Clients want more communication from advisers: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2022
... communication from financial advisers and more regularly, new research of independent financial advisers reveals. The analysis of 230 IFAs by Business Health in its annual Future Ready report found that only 27% of advice practices are touching base ...

Netwealth tops platform ratings

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2022
Investment Trends has launched its 2021 Platform Benchmarking and Competitive Analysis Report, with Netwealth receiving a near perfect score - just inching out HUB24. Assessed across more than 500 different criteria, Netwealth took the top spot in overall ...

Private debt and YFYS: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2022
Scenario analysis from Schroders indicates that an Australian private debt portfolio could have outperformed the Your Future, Your Super fixed income benchmark. The analysis performed by Schroders alternatives director Claire Smith showed it would have ...

JANA makes five senior appointments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2022
... research. The leadership shuffle at JANA also includes the external appointment of Chris Worthington as head of quantitative analysis and risk. Worthington joined from NZ Super where he was senior investment strategist, asset allocation. "In changing ...