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Australian retirement system given B+

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2022
... in last with an overall score of just 41.7. Turkey, India, Argentina and the Philippines were also among the poorest rankings. In terms of the sub-indices measured, Iceland scored the best on adequacy (85.8) and sustainability (83.8), while Finland had ...

AustralianSuper breaks into world's top 20 pension funds

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2022
... Grigg said the prominence of Australian funds within the survey has waned. "Most Australian funds included fell in the rankings relative to last year, partly due to a weakening Australian dollar over the course of 2021," he explained. "However, AustralianSuper ...

Chant West launches platform rankings

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2022
Chant West has expanded its apple rating scale to investment platforms, launching today with ratings for five platforms. Previously used to assess super and pension funds, Chant West will now use the rating service to review the features, services and ...

Victoria has the best economy - but not by much

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2022
... ending Tasmania's long run at the top for the past nine quarters. In fact, Tasmania has slipped to third position in the rankings of the best performing economies, according to CommSec's State of the States report. However, little is separating the top ...

Super Fierce super index shows top 15 funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2022
... that will suit their individual needs, leaving them substantially better off in retirement." Probert went on to say that rankings, ratings, and the multitude of other sources of information available are difficult for average Australian consumers to ...

Performance test comms criticised

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUN 2022
... providing financial advice, ASIC noted. Getting into specifics, the regulator said one trustee used other ratings and rankings to promote performance. "A trustee whose product failed the performance test described it as 'top rated'. The trustee ...

Top Aussie equities funds revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2022
... years to March end. The latest performance tables for managed funds shows Bennelong's Emerging Companies Fund topped the rankings for small cap equities funds in the three years to March 31, while PM Capital's Australian Companies Fund ranked first for ...

Tasmania leads economic recovery

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2022
... that lockdowns weighed on the economic performances of NSW and the ACT. "While both of these economies could scale the rankings again, new challenges are presented by COVID-19 restrictions and the resulting labour shortages - not just for NSW and the ...

Largest asset owners grow: WTW

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2021
... world's largest asset owners grew by almost 16% last year, but Australia's largest superannuation fund has slipped in the rankings. The latest research from Willis Towers Watson's Thinking Ahead Institute shows the world's largest 100 asset owners grew ...

Economic recap: Week to September 17

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
... trickle down effect in Western economics. This is all well and good. At the point where China is now in the global economic rankings, president Xi could well afford to take the great leap backwards to Mao Zedong's days towards equal prosperity for ...