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Millennials not attracted to property

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
... sulk. "For those born in 1980 that purchased their first home in 2010, the performance of their house has been relatively poor relative to other asset classes, rising by only 9% in real terms over the course of the decade," Doyle said. "By way of comparison ...

Industry fund looks within for co-chair

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
... long-standing investment with Orbis," Watson said at the time. "XPO's underperformance can arguably be attributed to its poor governance and labour practices. It is an interesting case study to illustrate the proposition that firms who lag on ESG ...

Future of life insurance in doubt: APRA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... individual lump sum insurance and group disability income insurance also deteriorated. APRA said this was in part due to "poor product design" and "aggressive" selling methods, as highlighted during the Royal Commission. "Some long-standing issues in ...

VanEck launches new income product

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... product in the developed world," it said. Neiron said economic growth will continue to be sluggish indefinitely thanks to poor business investment and slowing household spending. "Business investment too has dropped off since the end of the commodity ...

Credit Suisse backs sustainability amid Federer furore

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
... evolve rapidly. "Sustainable investing is a long term trend that every investor needs to consider. Ultimately stocks with poor ESG credentials will trade at a discount," McAuley said. "It starts with a philosophy and a framework to implement. Looking ...

Consultation opens for design, distribution guidance

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019
... the right consumers," she said. "Most of the Royal Commission case studies - from the misselling of products to extremely poor value financial products - would have uniformly failed these obligations. "The implementation of this reform presents a significant ...

Westpac to pay $9.5m for Corps Act breaches

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
Westpac has been ordered by the Federal Court of Australia to pay $9.15 million over poor financial advice provided by just one former adviser. The court case relates to poor financial advice provided by Sudhir Sinha which breached the best interest ...

Time-poor advisers to embrace model portfolios

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2019
New research from global asset manager State Street Global Advisors reveals financial advisers may shun traditional investment management tasks in a bid to spend more time on clients as mounting regulatory and compliance responsibilities take their ...

APRA releases MySuper heat map

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2019
... administration fees in much of the benchmarking, noting the regulator's acknowledgment that high admin fees are associated with poor performance. It also sided with ASFA in taking exception with the term length of returns assessed, and said 10 year ...

Industry fund publicly shames investment adviser

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2019
... with Orbis," First Super chief executive Bill Watson said. "XPO's underperformance can arguably be attributed to its poor governance and labour practices. It is an interesting case study to illustrate the proposition that firms who lag on ESG imperatives ...