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Australia sweeps pension market rankings

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2021
Australia is the most successful pension system among developed countries, according to Wills Towers Watson. The firm's Thinking Ahead Institute 2021 Global Pension Assets Study said Australia's thriving pension system boasts an 11.3% per annum ...

SMSFs primed for best financial interests duty

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2021
Self-managed superannuation funds are ahead of the game in terms of meeting the looming best financial interest rules, according to its peak body. SMSF Association deputy chief and director of policy and education Peter Burgess told the association's ...

Hostplus enhances ESG option

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2021
Hostplus is changing its sustainable investment option on the back of growing demand from members who want a more sustainable and principled approach to their investments. The Socially Responsible Investment Balanced option (SRI) now excludes a broader ...

Chief economist update: Red metal turning red hot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2021
The latest GDP growth updates show that the world's major economies remain in contraction (in year-on-year terms) at the end of 2020 and despite the roll-out of vaccines, the COVID-19 pandemic (and now its variants) remain with us, triggering stop-and-go ...

T. Rowe Price names president, operations chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
T. Rowe Price has appointed a new president and chief operating officer, promoting an investments veteran and head of finance respectively. Rob Sharps, the new president who will continue to serve as head of investments and group chief investment officer ...

CommSec launches trade knowledge tool

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
CommSec said it has seen a 200% increase in investors seeking executional information around how trading works as younger people show increased interest in wholesale trading. CommSec said first time traders contributed to around 10% of total trades ...

CareSuper hires from VFMC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
CareSuper has confirmed the appointment of a new investment manager, joining from Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC). Huey Miin Lim has joined the super fund as its new investment manager, departing her role as senior analyst, fixed income ...

SG rise a bad idea: Chartered Accountants

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
According to Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, the superannuation guarantee should not rise from 9.5% to 12%. "Since the last election, there has been a global pandemic, the first Australian recession in 29 years, our highest unemployment ...

Perpetual introduces new family office team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
Perpetual Private has created a new family office team and appointed a head from Mutual Trust and named four specialists dedicated to servicing the family office clients. Nick Lipscombe has been named as head of family office and he will develop and ...

To keep or not to keep JobKeeper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
"Never ask a barber if you need a haircut," Warren Buffett once famously advised. The barber's nod will invariably be met with opposition from shampoo manufacturers. Such is the divide between the Morrison government (the barber) and labour unions ...