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Brian Hartzer to release leadership book

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021
... to the leadership of the manager who was tasked with winding up that department, staff reported 100% satisfaction even though they knew their jobs were ending. Hartzer said this was because the manager regularly checked in with each employee, asking ...

FSC defends retail super funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
The Financial Services Council has hit back at claims made by Industry Super Australia that retail super funds rort members out of billions of dollars. ISA made the statement back in December last year when responding to the Morrison government's announcement ...

HUB24 hits fund managers with higher fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
... of the reporting service, they will not be able to see the names of the clients investing in their funds via HUB24 even though their strategies will remain available on the platform, the company confirmed. "The purpose of the reporting service is to ...

Active funds quell passive flows

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
... that British investors are by far the most enthusiastic adopters. However, passive ESG funds are also on the rise even though they are more expensive than conventional index trackers. Australians lag behind when it comes to adopting passive ESG funds ...

Chief economist update: The do-nothing Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
Ho-hum. So much for speculations over the Fed's thoughts and actions, Powell and Co. did what financial markets expected - nothing - at their 16-17 March FOMC meeting. "The Committee decided to keep the target range for the federal funds rate at ...

Sunsuper, QSuper confirm merger will go ahead

KARREN VERGARA, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
Sunsuper and QSuper will merge later this year, with the two funds naming the key executives and board directors to lead the $200 billion entity. The two funds have signed a Heads of Agreement to merge by September this year, a decision that is supported ...

Turnbull calls out Wilson, Bragg

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021
Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has turned on his former colleagues, Tim Wilson and Andrew Bragg, saying their proposal to give people access to super to spend in the housing market is "just wrong". Speaking with Industry Super Australia chair ...

Chief economist update: ECB gives PEPP talk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021
... changing 2023's 2.1% growth projection. The ECB's inflation projections were revised higher for this year and the next though - 1.5% in 2021 (from 1.0%); 1.2% in 2022 (from 1.1%); and, unrevised at 1.4% in 2023. What has caused the stock market ...

Business investment slow to click into gear: Lowe

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... encouraging it to happen. "Unfortunately, there is no magic ingredient for boosting business investment. A good starting point, though, is businesses having confidence that the economy will grow and that there will be demand for their products and services," ...

Celebrating women in financial services

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
According to recent data from the Workplace Gender Equality Agency, women hold 14.6% of chair positions, 28.1% of directorships and represent 18.3% of chief executives and 32.5% of key management personnel. Perhaps most concerning of all, only 0.4% ...