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Fossil fuel exposures climb at UniSuper

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2019
... companies involved in fossil fuels than it was a year ago, according to its second annual climate risk disclosures released yesterday. At June end, UniSuper had 12% of its exposures in companies involved in coal, gas and oil. This is up from 18 months ...

Chief economist update: The PBOC stimulates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019
... going for growth. In a surprise move, the Chinese central bank cut its seven-day reverse repo rate from 2.55% to 2.5% yesterday - the first rate reduction in four years (October 2015). Markets certainly didn't expect the PBOC's easier policy ...

Waiting periods cost 214% on premiums: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2019
... period, research presented at the Challenger Financial Standard Technical Services Forum shows. Presenting at the forum yesterday, Rainmaker head of superannuation research Jason Ross said if a member is defaulted into a 30-day waiting period for income ...

Morningstar now an ETF issuer

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2019
... equities, as it enters the segment as an issuer. The Morningstar International Shares Active ETF started trading on the ASX yesterday under the ticker code MSTR. It will invest in an unlisted managed fund that Morningstar has distributed since 2013. ...

Chief economist update: RBA holds but for how long?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019
... momentum, among others. Two and a bit years on and household consumption remain weak, and as I've scribbled on this page yesterday, it's no longer a risk but a certainty. Then again, monetary policy operates with a lag - it takes between 12-15 ...

FASEA chief unaware of dwindling adviser numbers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019
... the ASIC Financial Adviser Register since the beginning of this year. Rainmaker analysis of the ASIC FAR shows, as of yesterday, there is 25,330 advisers practicing in Australia. This is down from a high of 28,863 in January, meaning 3533 have left the ...

Cbus chief opposes default longevity requirements for CIPRs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019
... hamper funds' ability to tailor solutions to their member needs. Speaking at a retirement income conference in Melbourne yesterday, Atkin said Cbus is currently weighing up future longevity options for its member's retirement savings. But its member ...

AMP contests senior lawyer's claims

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2019
... top AMP executives, and that it affected her health and career progression. In its 25-page defence filed in the court yesterday morning, AMP contests many of Cook's claims. Fee for no service AMP claims Cook was "only one of a number of employees" ...

Superannuation gets a classroom

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2019
... dedicated to superannuation education and open to everyone - not just Statewide members. The centre opened in Adelaide yesterday. This comes after Industry Super Australia revealed South Australian workers are having $283 million in super stolen from ...

AustralianSuper rules out SMSF options

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2019
... SMSFs last year," AustralianSuper chief executive Ian Silk said at the sidelines of an ETF conference at ASX in Sydney yesterday. Silk also ruled out switching its MySuper product from single strategy to lifestage. "We have looked at lifestages...but ...