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Defined contribution: A global perspective

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2019
... isn't far from developing a nation of savers. "You watch what's happening in media, you listen to conversations on the street KiwiSaver is becoming a much more day to day conversation rather than just an industry specialist conversation," he said. Klipin ...

Chief economist update: Good news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2019
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas has come early... and Thanksgiving too. Wall Street benchmark equity indices rallied at the close of trading last week: The S&P 500 added 1.0% to a new all-time high; the Nasdaq closed 1.1% up but not ...

Leaving a legacy

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019
... foundation. Can you give some examples of the foundation's assets? JC: A good example is a property we own: 9 Queen Street, Melbourne. That was originally bought by the commercial side of the Bangarra Group or Bennelong Group as it was called before ...

Volcker Rule tweak gets green light

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2019
Post-GFC legislation that stopped big Wall Street banks from using their customers' money to invest in risky trades has seen a revision that could relax some of the restrictions. On October 8, five United Stated agencies approved the changes to the ...

Aussie employers understand importance of advice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019
... understand access to financial advice through default super is important to their employees, latest research shows. State Street Global Advisors 2019 Global Retirement Reality Report (GR3) reveals 61% of Australian employers think employees and members ...

Chief economist update: Bad news is good news is back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019
... Great Recession of 2008, has become a staple and go to rationale each time equity markets jump on bad news. Bad news! Wall Street dropped - Dow down by 1.9%, S&P 500 down by 1.8%, Nasdaq down by 1.6%, Russell 2000 down by 0.9% -- on October 2 on the ...

State Street bolsters transition team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
State Street has added to its transition team with a hire from Ord Minnett who also has experience in transition at Goldman Sachs. Abhilash Menon joined State Street this week as multi asset class transition manager (vice president). He will be responsible ...

Bloomberg launches equity benchmarks

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
... address their needs across asset classes," he said. Bloomberg will use R-Factor, an ESG scoring solution developed by State Street Global Advisors, for the index family. The new indices focus on industry-specific ESG factors most likely to influence ...

Industry fund appoints chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
A $69 billion industry superannuation fund has appointed a former State Street Global Advisors executive as its new chief executive. Sunsuper has hired Bernard Reilly in the role, making him the fourth chief executive in the fund's 32-year-long ...

Calls to give ASIC power to repair reputations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2019
... the financial services Royal Commission, the metaphorical tumbrels of the Jacobin revolution rolled up and own William Street delivering victims to and from the guillotine," he said. He also lashed out at the "unrealistic" expectations placed on company ...