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Credit Suisse names preferred investment options

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
Platforms are the preferred sector exposure, asset managers are inexpensive and Link Group offers the best mid-term value, according to Credit Suisse's Diversified Financial Services Sector review for August 2020. The report reviewed the key operational ...

Ethical fund manager hires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
An ethical fund manager with more than $1 billion in funds under management has hired from MSCI ESG Research and Vanguard to expand its investment team. U Ethical has added Desiree Lucchese as ethics and impact manager and Rachel O'Connor as portfolio ...

It's not a bird or a plane; it's a new trading platform

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
A new trading platform has launched today, set to help Aussie investors trade over 2500 shares, LICS, REITs and ETFs with as little as a $100 investment and a flat $5 brokerage fee. Superhero, which its co-founder and chief executive John Winters says ...

Industry funds pledge $33bn for economy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
Industry super funds have announced a $33 billion pipeline to stimulate business activity and help restore the economy, according to Industry Super Australia. ISA said the capital expenditure was identified as part of a survey of industry super funds ...

Banks to assess loan deferrals

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
Australian banks will commence contacting the group of customers who have not resumed paying loans a result of the pandemic, according to the Australian Banking Association (ABA). Around 450,000 loan deferral customers will be assessed in September ...

UK pensions to factor in climate change risk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
UK pension funds may soon be required by law to report on the risks climate change could have on their members' investments, becoming the first major economy to do so. Speaking last week, the UK's work and pensions secretary Therese Coffey proposed ...

Fees fall after super mergers: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
Members whose super funds have merged in the last three years have seen their fees decrease by 20%, according to new analysis. Rainmaker looked at 13 mergers involving 22 super funds; 11 traditional mergers, the integration of Virgin Super and Mercer ...

ASIC drags Evans Dixon to court

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
The corporate regulator started Federal Court proceedings against an Evans Dixon subsidiary over advice it provided, pushing down shares over 12% by noon. ASIC is alleging a Dixon Advisory representative failed to look after client's best interest ...

Super fund expands investment exclusions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
A $52 billion super fund has updated its product disclosure statements to exclude investment in any company that provides services to detention centres. HESTA said the change is part of its responsible investment approach and will come into effect 1 ...

LIC seeks conversion to ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
In a rare move, a listed investment company is looking to convert to an ETF in an attempt to close discount for investors. The Monash Absolute Investment Company (MA1) wants to restructure to an exchange traded managed fund (ETFMF) to re-set the market ...