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Australia climbs up Mercer global pension index

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... has risen in the global ranking of pension systems, but it still has room for improvement, according to Mercer's latest rankings of global pension systems. According to the 2019 Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index, Australians enjoy the third best ...

Australia slips in global retirement ranks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2019
... assessing key areas like health, finances in retirement, material wellbeing and quality of life. Australia's slip in the rankings came as a result of lower year-on-year scores in quality of life and finances. Natixis Australia said compulsory superannuation ...

What fundies seek in an asset consultant

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... expectations. Over the five years, fund managers' key expectations of asset consultants have remained the same in their rankings. But the weight they attach to each attribute has changed significantly. Fundies are attaching more importance to an asset ...

Aussie super funds drop in world rankings

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
... dollar - which lost 10% against the US dollar across 2018 - saw 14 of those super funds go backwards in this year's rankings, while another - TelstraSuper - dropped out entirely. "This, above all other factors, is the primary reason that saw 14 of ...

Dividend payouts stagnate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... to $121.7 billion. Four-fifths of companies raised dividend payouts, keeping the US near the top of the international rankings. The banking sector continued to show strong dividend growth, but auto manufacturers all held their payouts flat, reflecting ...

Sean Fenton back with Sage Capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
... industry structure, how they reinvest capital and the board and governance. "Some of the companies at the bottom of the rankings right now are Lithium stocks." Another new addition above Tribeca is the CC Sage Capital Absolute Return Fund, which is benchmarked ...

Renewed calls for risk-adjusted returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
... bottoming the league table at 4.3% per annum, while rival super funds such as QSuper, UniSuper and Media Super blitzed the rankings, turning in returns of over 9% during FY19. Maritime chief executive Peter Robertson panned the comparison, saying it ...

Super funds hard to engage with: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
... Australians choosing to stick with their fund when they change employers. Cbus, ESSSuper and UniSuper lead in satisfaction rankings among members. The high satisfaction rate for those funds was driven by website usability and quality of annual statements ...

Aussie HNWIs slip down global rankings

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
Australia's high-net-worth population slumped in the rankings of a global wealth study as millionaires shifted their portfolio to cash amid share market uncertainty. According to Capgemini's annual World Wealth Report, the number of Australian ...

Industry funds surge ahead in satisfaction

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
... satisfaction with financial performance by fund members clearly ranks the industry funds ahead of retail funds similar to the rankings given on performance tables," Roy Morgan industry communications director Norman Morris. "This survey however has the ...