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First Super awards ESG mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2023
... effectively manage labour risk, as well as having a positive exposure to value, with a controlled risk budget against a global index. The mandate is for approximately $400 million. First Super manages more than $3.6 billion on behalf of 47,000 members. ...

Finance candidates lose salary bargaining power: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAR 2023
... employers withdrew their offers because candidates had "unrealistic expectations," Jones said. According to the Wage Price Index, Australia experienced its highest growth in a decade of 3.3% in 2022. In the last 18 months, salary has often been presented ...

Unindexed cap forecast to impact 500k people

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2023
If the government's $3 million superannuation cap is not indexed, it will adversely impact around 500,000 individuals who are currently saving for retirement or have already retired. Financial Services Council (FSC) analysis of ATO data found a ...

Chalmers' promise to end super wars foiled by criticism

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2023
... thousands of Australians will be affected by this. Though, Dutton didn't directly answer whether the Coalition would index the $3 million in super. In an interview with Sky News, Dutton expressed that he believed that Australians' superannuation ...

Australian dividends surge in 2022: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2023
... an 8.4% rise in global dividends which grew strongly to $1.56 trillion. The asset manager reported in its Global Dividend Index that 88% of companies across the globe raised dividends or held them steady. It also explained after adjusting the US dollar's ...

NGS Super taps Robeco for major equities mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2023
... mandate, it allows ups to continue to provide an overlay on where we see risks emerging." The overall approach of the enhanced index strategy aligns with the super fund's ESG objectives and carbon reduction objectives while acknowledging that "it's ...

BlackRock cuts fees on iShares ETFs

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2023
... enable them to build better tailored portfolios to meet their clients' individual needs, Giles added. Blackrock iShares and Index Investments Asia-Pacific head Peter Loehnert said in reflecting on the firm's growth in the Asia-Pacific region, it's gratifying ...

GQG Aussie inflows up, total FUM slumps

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2023
... before," Carver said. The GQG Partners Global Equity Fund was in the red of -4.7% over the one-year period while the MSCI ACWI Index returned -18.4%. Carver sees last year's "equity de-risking" to reverse at some point, depending on when interest ...

I know it's hard, but it could be harder: Lowe

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2023
... a nasty world," he said. "We don't really see evidence of that occurring. We think that the growth in the wage price index will get up to 4%, maybe a bit higher - but it probably won't be higher than that."

ETFs start 2023 with a bang: BetaShares

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
... month," he noted. The report stated that January's top three ETF products by market cap were the Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF, the Magellan Global Fund (Open Class) and the Vanguard MSCI Index International Shares ETF.