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Chief economist update: No fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
... others - caused by mutations of the virus, problems with the supply and slow distribution of the vaccine (especially among poorer nations) and most recently, anxiety over the linkage between the AstraZeneca vaccine and blood clots (which has prompted ...

Zero rates causing risky business: Pengana

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2021
... Capital equity analyst Ryan Fisher said near zero-interest rates is perpetuating the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer. "The zero-interest rate policy was absolutely the appropriate thing for central banks to do in the wake of COVID-19 ...

AIST pokes holes in Your Super, Your Choice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
... fund. "Inappropriate benchmarking risks driving behaviour to track the benchmark allocations which in turn would lead to poorer returns to members," it said. In closing, the AIST said: It is important that policy changes to a mandatory retirement savings ...

Women receive worse advice: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
Financial advisers tend to give female clients poorer advice and recommend riskier assets compared to male clients, a new study shows. Women are significantly more likely to receive undiversified financial advice than men, researchers from the Hong ...

Let's not waste the crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... workforce issues had come to the fore over the last few months, with the economic implications of the pandemic hitting poorer, vulnerable workers harder than most. "It was initially surmised that COVID-19 did not discriminate based on socio-economic ...

S&P kicks companies off ESG index

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... overall ESG score actually fell, but its ranking within its industry group improved indicating other US banks may have put in poorer ESG performances. The S&P 500 ESG Index aims to retain as many companies from the S&P 500 as possible (and thus closely ...

Advice groups criticise rushed legislation

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... merged with Hillross Financial Services association, called the legislation "rushed" and said it was likely to result in poorer outcomes for Australians. TAA chief executive Neil Macdonald said: "We are very concerned that rushed legislation may result ...

APRA releases MySuper heat map

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
... right. "We expect to see the worst performers called out, but are concerned methodological flaws may cast some products in a poorer light than warranted, while other products appear ok when they're not." Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees ...

Culture change must not be a fad: APRA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019
... reviews and the risk governance self-assessments (including identifying the institutions that are demonstrating better or poorer practice), insights from our risk culture deep dives, and, wherever possible, reports from Prudential Inquiries and similar ...

Industry super fund headcounts to swell

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019
... harder to find although institutional banking professionals are transitioning. They are primarily driven by the relatively poorer culture at the banks and changes in lending conditions." The trend of super funds moving their investment operations in-house ...