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Retail funds shrink unlisted assets

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
Superannuation funds now have close to $240 billion in unlisted assets, but retail funds have a smaller proportion of their assets allocated to them than five years ago. The lion's share of the unlisted assets (such as infrastructure, private equity ...

International investors chase Australian real assets

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
New research shows Australian real assets are attracting international interest. Perpetual Corporate Trust and Preqin's report, Real Assets Growth in Australia reveals the capital flowing into local infrastructure projects is increasingly global, as ...

Westpac chief believes in financial advice

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
Westpac chief executive Brian Hartzer told members of parliament that he believes providing financial advice to Australian consumers is important and that all Australians should have access to good, cost-effective, unconflicted financial advice. Speaking ...

Chief economist update: Santa Claus is coming to town

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
"I see trees of green, red roses too I see them bloom for me and you And I think to myself what a wonderful world." - Louis Armstong It could only be because I got up on the right side of the bed this morning and/or the sun is shining after several ...

Legal fight could change super game

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019
Rest, the $57 billion industry fund, continues to battle a legal fight brought by one of its members that could have consequences for the entire superannuation industry. Rest will be in court again on November 15 for a case management hearing. In July ...

Global ETF industry hits record high

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019
The global ETF industry hit a new record high in the third quarter with assets in US passive managed funds and index ETFs topping those in US active managed funds for the first time, according to BetaShares. Global ETF's finished the quarter with US$5.8 ...

Chief economist update: Brexit la la la

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019
It won't be over till it's over. Yes Virginia, the uncertainty that is Brexit festers on, pushed further until Britons have cast their vote at (yet another) general election to be held on 12 December (December 13 in Australia) and from there ...

What finance professionals are really paid

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
A new salary benchmarking report for 2020 from Michael Page has revealed what various finance professionals in Australia can expect to be paid, including distribution leads and investment directors. According to the report, legal, risk and compliance ...

Perpetual appoints head of risk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
Perpetual has confirmed the appointment of a head of risk, promoting from within to fill the newly created role. The investment house has promoted Allan Lo Proto to the new role of head of risk, a spokesperson has confirmed. Proto first joined Perpetual ...

Actuaries develop retiree rule of thumb

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
A group of actuaries have answered the calls of retirees looking for a simpler way to determine how much money they should draw out of their savings in retirement, developing a new three-part rule of thumb. The Rule of Thumb Working Group has developed ...