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Grattan calls for lower super fees

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
... ensure workers were defaulted into funds which performed well when it comes to fees and performance, helping to solve the problem. "'Best in show' would improve returns as funds competed to make the shortlist and stay there. Market discipline would come ...

Why Phillip Morris gets ESG points

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... you engage with the company and encourage them to spend money and go down a better path, you actually start solving the problem." While Bhansali pointed to Phillip Morris as an example, she said the consensus views on ESG are flawed in several sectors. ...

Climate threat pushes Aussies to sustainability

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
Mutual fund assets in sustainable investments surged 23% in 2019, as Aussie investors wake up to the "critical threat" of climate change. Singapore based research and consulting firm Cerulli Associates found that the sector recorded $1.2 billion in ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 solves overtourism in Europe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... Be careful what you wish for. Many European countries and their citizens have long been complaining about the growing problem of overtourism in their respective cities. Italy, for one, has introduced new rules and regulations prohibiting sitting on the ...

SG amnesty bill finally passes

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
... their progress. McAllister said the government's approach didn't seem "like a very good-faith approach to unscrambling a problem". "We've got billions of dollars in superannuation not being paid to ordinary workers. We've put a constructive proposal ...

Carbon footpath important, not footprint: AXA

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
The multi-asset manager has warned of the effects of climate change on investor's portfolios, urging them to assess a company's "carbon footpath" over eliminating polluters altogether. AXA Investment Managers found that listed companies are responsible ...

Chief economist update: Aussie employment rises... but so does our unemployment rate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... about projects with really long-term pay-offs." That is, low interest rates would compensate for the increased risk. The problem is, as ANZ chief executive Shayne Elliott, pointed out in the same month and using the ANZ's experience, the bank still ...

Chief economist update: Working nine to five, barely getting by

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
... in June, July and October - indicating that both monetary and fiscal policies have still to get ahead of the curve. The problem for the RBA is that the more it cut rates, the greater the sense that "something's really, truly wrong with the economy" ...

The sick short: Banking big on the coronavirus

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... deaths outside of China. More than 73,332 people have been infected by the virus globally. As the saying goes, in every problem there is opportunity. IG market analyst Kyle Rodda told Financial Standard that he had seen an increase in short interest ...

What SMSFs will look like in 2030

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... trustee the hardest thing they have to do is keep up with regulation. That's crazy." He had harsh words for ASIC too. "My problem with ASIC is that they've never addressed the issue that old people are vulnerable and old people read the Sunday newspaper ...