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MySuper portfolio winners, losers revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
In a survey of 40 MySuper strategies and products, an $80 billion super fund has outperformed its peers to return 7% per annum in the three years to June. According to Rainmaker's June 2020 RiskMetrics report, UniSuper achieved the highest three-year ...

Kogan Super reports growth

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
Kogan's super offering launched last year has seen a 40% rise in funds under management, according to the online retailer's financial results. Kogan said in its results that the launch of its superannuation offering had been successful. Kogan Super ...

Take your CAPE ratio with a grain of salt

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
Earlier this month, for the fourth time in its history, Robert Shiller's CAPE ratio - which tracks market value by measuring earnings data over a 10-year period - surpassed 31. Other times Shiller's ratio has exceeded 31 include the months prior ...

Young-old wealth gap widest in 18 years

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
Counting on your children's lives being better than yours? It's not a given as a new Actuaries Institute report finds the relative wealth and wellbeing of 25 to 34 year olds is the lowest in 18 years. The Actuaries Institute's publication ...

Synchron compliance lead moves to AMP

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
Synchron's former general manager of legal, risk and compliance has a new role at AMP. Michael Jones started as head of risk and control, advice at AMP today after four years with Synchron. "Michael has joined AMP as part of our ongoing focus on ...

Industry veterans launch dealer group

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
Two advice industry stalwarts have launched a new dealer group promising to save advisers time and money. Finchley & Kent opened for business on July 1 after four years of development by co-founders Sam El Shammaa and Phil Alexander. While they acknowledge ...

ASIC winds up illegal land banking scheme

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
The Federal Court has made orders to wind up an investment group which swindled 270 investors of more than $10 million in an illegal unregistered land banking scheme. ASIC will wind up Askk Investment Group following an extensive investigation. The ...

Wealthy Aussies panic buy life insurance

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
High net worth investors have resorted to panic buying life insurance products as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic despite low trust in the providers, according to the latest research from GlobalData. The analytics and data firm's 2020 Global Wealth ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
Is this the new normal cycle? The cycle of coronavirus cycling its way around the world and infection, containment through social distancing and lockdowns, easing of restrictions, and back to infection - the second wave? This cycle hit home when the ...

Schroders appoints head of private debt

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
Schroders has hired from RBC to appoint a head of private debt for Australia, as it builds out a private assets offering for local investors. Nicole Kidd was previously RBC's head of corporate banking Australia and institutional client management ...