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Australia slips in global retirement ranks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2019
... United States and Spain are next in 2027." However, Natixis managing director for Australia Louise Watson pointed out that the gap between super balances for women and men is having a significant impact on retirement outcomes for Australians. "Australian ...

SG increase will not help women: Treasury

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... the issue. The retirement income policy division posed and answered the question: "Won't increasing SG help close the gender gap in super balances?" "The main drivers of women having lower balances than men are women's lower incomes and long career breaks," ...

Rainmaker Group expands into ESG media, acquires The Sustainability Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
... wholesale investors," he said. "We believe that The Sustainability Report and Audacious Investing will fill that knowledge gap and we're delighted to have someone like Rachel join the company. She brings unrivalled expertise and knowledge on ESG ...

QIC launches China bond fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
... the world, but foreign participation is still relatively low. The QIC Ping An China Corporate Bond Fund aims to close the gap by offering Australian and global investors access to the opportunities on offer in this exciting market, via a strong partnership ...

Industry super satisfaction continues

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2019
... Commission, with just 57.4% of retail fund members satisfied with fund performance -a drop of 1.2% points, ensuring a 5.4% point gap. The difference in the performance of the two super sectors is reflected in the results of the individual funds. Industry ...

Discounted LIC fund opens to all

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2019
... factors, including an increase in activist investors coming on to LIC registers, will act as a catalyst to close the discount gap. "We are specifically targeting those LICs where we see the most potential for those discounts to close." The fund will ...

ASIC clamps down on poor advice, grandfathered commissions

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... more appropriate labels or versions for general advice. ASIC will subsequently publish a report on the findings. As for the gap in unmet advice needs, ASIC believes it has a role to play by examining the demand and supply of advice in this area. Additionally ...

Managed funds versus the ASX 200

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
... equities managers had a hard time beating the S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation index in the year to June and the underperformance gap has widened significantly over the past four years, according to new Rainmaker research. Just one in 10 wholesale managed funds ...

Complex retirement system requires simplicity: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
A new report is putting forth key reforms needed to make superannuation fairer and more efficient ahead of the Federal Government's review of the retirement income system. The Actuaries Institute outlined a number of reforms needed to help fix the ...

Salary sacrifice loophole bill insufficient: ISA

KRISTI CHENG  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
... sacrifice," ISA said. Other causes, it said, include super being paid quarterly instead of on payday, employer insolvency, and the gap in super coverage created by the $450 contribution threshold. The insufficient monitoring and lack of enforcement of ...