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Prime Minister announces reverse mortgage scheme

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021
... studies and business analytics Colin Zhang and University of Wollongong associate research fellow Ning Wang pointed out very few pensioners have taken up the existing scheme. "As attractive as the PLS might appear, hardly any of the four million or so ...

New role for Cbus' Robbie Campo

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2021
... Framework. Campo is an advocate for the benefits of integrated reporting, a form of reporting that is only currently used by a few super funds in Australia. Cbus was the first super fund in Australia to follow the International Integrated Reporting Council's ...

Economic recap: Week to December 10

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2021
... this would release "some 1.2 trillion yuan ($188 billion) of liquidity" and is expected to provide more stimulus as needed. A few uncertainties remain as 2021 turns into 2022. But think about it, the world has survived the great pandemic of 2020 and ...

Do inflows follow performance?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2021
... follow performance but there is a lag of about 12 months as it takes time to recognise outperformance. This demonstrates that few heed the well-known warning about past performance as they spend the year pouring money into the funds that performed well ...

Labor promises to recognise adviser experience

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2021
Labor promises it will dump educational requirements for financial advisers with over a decade's experience if it comes to power. Shadow minister for financial services Stephen Jones said such advisers with a clean record will not be required to ...

Financial Advice Hub goes live

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2021
... respectively. Easton Investments received $819,000, while Centuria Capital Group received $2.04 million. Centuria is one of the few companies that voluntary repaid all the benefits back to the government.

Majority of Aussie fund categories underperform: Data

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2021
S&P Dow Jones Indices Australia has today released its Persistence Scorecard Mid-Year 2021, revealing that the majority of Australian fund categories overall showed weak performance persistence in top-performing funds across three- and five-year periods. ...

Intergenerational transfer hits $1.5tn

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2021
Australians give away the vast majority of their wealth, as some $1.5 trillion has been passed on to the next generation since 2002, the Productivity Commission finds. In 2018 alone, nearly 90% of the $100 billion transferred was in the form of inheritances ...

New digital asset fund launches

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2021
... development. "After successfully managing more than $500 million for offshore clients in this exciting new asset class over the last few years, the time is right to bring DACM's skills and experience to the Australian wholesale market," Doherty s ...

Economic recap: Week to November 26

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021
... detected in South Africa - pushed back financial markets' interest rate hike expectations that were brought forward only a few days before. Consider these: In October, the Bank of Canada announced the end of its quantitative easing programme. This was ...