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Premiums to increase at ESSSuper

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2021
... cover have increased by 6.8%. This is less than the average market increase of 13.7%. Premiums for income protection have not increased." "The increase reflects two significant cover improvements: greater ability for members who are unemployed to claim ...

Former adviser hit with three-year ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2021
... ASIC found Smith failed to consider his clients' existing products when making recommendations to switch products and did not align recommended investment strategies with client risk profiles. Smith failed to properly disclose costs in advice documents ...

Chief economist update: A delicate balancing act

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2021
... to US$68.83 a barrel. This year to date, the price of Brent oil has surged by 41.4 and that of the WTI has risen by 45.0%. Not promising anything, OPEC+ will review its production policy again on July 1. They're right to do so. This is because the ...

ASIC increases short selling surveillance

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
... run counter to the thesis. Engaging with only a small and select sample of clients, ex-employees or contracted parties may not be representative of issues across the entire entity," the report read. Another requirement is that short seller reports must ...

Lessons from GPIF: Mizuno

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
... investments Hiro Mizuno was asked what Australian asset owners can do to strive for net zero when the regulatory environment is not favourably inclined to do it. Mizuno said during his time as chief investment officer at Japanese Government Investment ...

Chief economist update: Australia on top

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
... print for the Index since April 2010. One that augurs well for the continued acceleration in household spending going forward, not to mention, the improvement in the country's labour market. Household consumption grew by 1.2% in the March 2021 quarter ...

State Super rejigs defensives

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
... Standard the fund made the changes, as its member base ages and cash makes little contribution to the returns. It also did not want to add duration risk or compromise on liquidity, he said. "Many of us would remember back in the day when we thought cash ...

Forex CT cops $20 million fine

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
... clients would make profits trading with Forex CT when a CFD is a speculative high-risk investment and told clients they would not benefit from clients depositing funds.

Advisers jump onto paraplanning platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
... again. One advantage the platform gives paraplanners is that they are paid for their services upfront, which is currently not the case as many typically wait for lengthy periods to be remunerated, Drago said. Drago is an experienced paraplanner, having ...

How noise impacts trading performance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
... researchers said, volatility as a number surged from 17% to 85%. "Our findings suggest that the manager could have benefited from not being on an active trading floor during the transition because they could have missed out on returns," Doran said. The ...