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Aware Super joins forces with Dutch pension fund

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020
Recently rebranded Aware Super has entered into a partnership with the largest pension provider in the Netherlands, APG, to expand a serviced apartment chain across major European capital cities. The asset owners announced the agreement with City ID ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
Is this the new normal cycle? The cycle of coronavirus cycling its way around the world and infection, containment through social distancing and lockdowns, easing of restrictions, and back to infection - the second wave? This cycle hit home when the ...

Pandemic exacerbated retirement confidence: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
Research from State Street found Australian savers have been more likely to check their super and change investment strategies during the COVID-19 crisis. Around 42% of Australian savers have been negatively impacted financially by COVID-19, according ...

Chief economist update: The ECB's PEPP economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
When the going gets tough... the European Central Bank (ECB) gets more policy provision going. At its June 4 Governing Council meeting, the central bank raised the size of its Pandemic Emergency Purchase Program (PEPP) by €600 billion to a total of ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone contraction heads from mild to severe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
"I did my best But I guess, my best wasn't good enough..." - 'Just Once', James Ingram The European Central Bank (ECB) launched a new €750 billion asset purchase programme in March in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The following ...

Australian fund regulation below average: Morningstar

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
Australia has received a below average grade from Morningstar for the regulatory and tax frameworks that its managed funds face. As part of its biannual Global Investor Experience report, the research house assessed the experiences of mutual fund investors ...

COVID-19 will bite into credit ratings

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2020
Nothing focuses the mind as the choice between life and death. This choice has been thrust onto Planet Earth's population by the coronavirus pandemic. So much so, that men, women and children of the world are giving up - willingly or grudgingly ...

Pension assets climb towards $50 trillion

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
Global institutional pension fund assets among the 22 largest markets bounced back in 2019 to climb by 15%, reaching US$46.7 trillion. Over the last decade, the fastest growing pension markets in the world have been in Asia and the US - with South Korea's ...

BetaShares calls for universal pension

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
BetaShares has proposed that Australia adopt a system that would provide a pension to everyone, funded by superannuation contributions. The proposal was made in the company's submission to the Australian Treasury as part of its consultation with market ...

Link Group expands with Europe acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020
Link has entered into a binding agreement to acquire a European loan servicing, advisory and asset management business. Link Group is set to acquire 100% of Pepper European Servicing (PES) for an upfront payment of around $266 million, and a further ...