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Hold super accountable for miners' actions: Future Super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
... face when saving for retirement. Any work being done which aims to close the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander retirement gap has our full support." Financial Standard has approached First State Super for comment. AustralianSuper declined to comm ...

Super release widens gender gap: AMP

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
The government's early release scheme is widening the gender superannuation gap, as a higher proportion of women draw down on their super savings to weather the COVID-19 crisis. The analysis, coming out of AMP, found that 21% of women were withdrawing ...

FICAP sponsors donate $150k despite postponement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... markets being in turmoil. "FICAP's charities were in desperate need of financial support and facing a significant funding gap with the postponement of Rockstar," McLaren said. "Through the incredible generosity of our sponsors, we have paid out $146,415 ...

IFM Investors ready to ramp up corporate lending

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
The industry-super-owned fund manager's credit team has about $500 million to deploy in the year ahead, eyeing opportunities in lending to mid-sized companies that will be forced to refinance after the COVID-19 crisis. IFM's credit team manages about ...

How advice can conquer stigma

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
... people from getting help with their finances. Appearing as part of an online panel discussing how to solve the unmet advice gap for the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees Conference of Major Super Funds, Hostplus head of advice and financial ...

Saxo Markets launches investment loyalty scheme

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
... evolving preferences of our client base and a desire to reward them for their commitment to us," he said. "We are filling a gap in the space for clients who are looking for a more engaging experience from their online broker via a loyalty program that ...

ISA questioned over political donations

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
... taking the question on notice. "There seems to be what you said and then what the AEC is reporting. There's kind of a gap," Wilson said. Dean said he would look into the issue. Financial Standard understands the $1600 donation in question was actually ...

COVID-19 creates case for robo-advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... low-touch, low-cost digitally led investment management service as proof of its potential value in Australia. "The advice gap was realised overseas years ago and as a result robo is managing hundreds of billions of dollars of assets for consumers overseas," ...

Pandemic puts pressure on ETF spreads

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
The spreads on many exchange-traded products were wider than usual amid the COVID-19 market crash, with price discovery becoming increasingly more difficult. That's according to ETF Securities co-head of sales Kanish Chugh, who pointed to global equity ...

VIC, TAS lead Australia: CommSec

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
... past quarter have come from South Australia, Western Australia and Northern Territory as these economies start to close the gap between those leading the rankings," James said. James said the latest State of the States report uses the most up-to-date ...