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Advisers pivot to protect retirees from inflation

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2023
... retirement or re-enter the workforce if already retired, the report said. "The trend towards more flexible working in the wake of Covid, along with a worsening skills shortage, may make such a strategy more viable than it has previously been," the report ...

Super funds pursue merger, chief executive chosen

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2023
... years," Loades added. "Phil has successfully overseen substantial change in a short period of time. He led the fund through Covid, delivered a successful rebrand to Active Super (from Local Government Super), and returned the fund to net member growth ...

Australia-UK FTA a boon for local business

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2023
... signed on 17 December 2021. It further builds on an existing two-way trade and investment relationship, spurred by post-COVID economic recovery initiatives that is set to benefit both countries. The deal includes a two-way goods trade that was worth ...

Italian private credit fund brings unique offering down under

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAY 2023
... invested in more than 130 companies, with zero payment defaults, zero payment holiday and zero deferral (notwithstanding COVID-19, Ukrainian war and so on). "Therefore, the track record there is very clean, and in MLoan now we are going to deliver a ...

Martin Fahy to step down as ASFA chief

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2023
... it through a transformational and turbulent period in the sector. "... including the Protecting Your Super reforms, the COVID-19 early release scheme, the introduction of the Your Future, Your Super (YFYS) performance measures, and the legislated move ...

BlackRock orders staff four days in office

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2023
... employees' health at risk. NAB staff were forced to attend the office up to two to three a week, despite raising concerns about Covid-19 safety measures, FSU national secretary Julia Angrisano said. "Westpac staff say they don't know how to apply to ...

Fitch gives Labor budget AAA rating

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023
... institutions and an effective policy framework. "... which facilitated nearly 30 consecutive years of economic growth before the Covid-19 pandemic and continues to support resilient growth outcomes amid global shocks," it said. "The recent outperformance ...

Absolute-return bond funds fail ambitious returns: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2023
... managers are set at a relatively ambitious level," Morningstar said. "This certainly appeared the case in the lead up to the COVID-19 pandemic when credit spreads were tight, and both bond yields and fixed-income market volatility were low. However ...

AFCA tallies up COVID-19 complaints

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2023
... Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) received close to 1500 complaints about superannuation funds over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. Releasing data now that the World Health Organisation has declared the pandemic over, AFCA said it received in ...

Venture capital rout rattles advice technology sector

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2023
... the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, S&P Global warns fintechs not to expect the amount of capital that flooded in before COVID-19. Worn said the issues facing startups in the advice tech sector are no different to what is happening broadly in the technology ...