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New mortality study adds to retirement conversation

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
Actuaries have calculated mortality rates among Australians who use annuities. It is research they hope will help develop retirement income products including CIPRs. The Actuaries Institute and Rice Warner used UK mortality data on annuitants to calculate ...

Perpetual hires former Macquarie exec

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
Perpetual has made two key appointments to its executive leadership team, including a former Macquarie executive. Sam Mosse is taking on the newly-created role of chief risk officer. She has previously worked as Macquarie Funds Group's and KPMG's head ...

Chief economist update: Tariff man takes Wall Street down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
With one tweet, US President Donald Trump reversed all of Wall Street's gains... and then some. "....I am a Tariff Man. When people or countries come in to raid the great wealth of our Nation, I want them to pay for the privilege of doing so. It ...

For-profit lobbying leads to $53bn problem: AIST

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees believes carve-outs in superannuation reform designed to benefit the for-profit super sector are posing big problems for Australia's retirement system. Latest research from the AIST and UTS corporate ...

SuperConcepts chief resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
SuperConcepts chief executive Natasha Fenech announced she will step down in May 2019 after five years in the role. Fenech said she will take on another opportunity at a financial services firm as chief executive outside of the SMSF sector, but didn't ...

Charity donates $10m to university

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
Owners of an ASX-listed company donated $10 million to a university with campuses in Coffs Harbor and Queensland to fund research. Marcus Blackmore and wife Catherine of the $2 billion vitamin empire Blackmores made the personal donation to Southern ...

Dexus partners with sovereign wealth fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
Dexus has set up a $2 billion wholesale fund that will invest in Australian logistics properties as a joint venture with an Asian sovereign wealth fund. Singapore's GIC is initially taking a stake of about $417 million in the Dexus Australian Logistics ...

Rice Warner warns against culling value-based advice fees

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
Rice Warner is warning against a departure from value or volume-based advice fees. The researcher is concerned a potential move to fee for service - where fees are expressed entirely in dollars and not as a percentage of assets - will lead to reduced ...

Chief economist update: The money is one Fed rate hike next year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
The tug-o-war between the bulls and the bears continues on Wall Street as 2018 draws to a close. Whether this state of affairs - or better yet, resolved one way of another (up or down) - depends primarily on the end game of the on-going trade stoush ...

Special Report: Hitting new ETF goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
More investors are turning to fixed income ETFs as a way to finetune their bond portfolios. Karren Vergara finds out what is driving the demand and why this new wave of defensive ETFs is here to stay. Recalling the sharp market correction that stung ...