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Financial comfort reliant on fiscal support: ME Bank

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
Australian household financial comfort increased to near record highs throughout the pandemic as a result of government fiscal stimulus measures, according to ME Bank's latest Household Financial Comfort Report. Household financial comfort increased ...

Lonsec adds to research team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
Lonsec has appointed two senior investment analysts following the launch of its sustainability research which includes coverage of 11 funds. Ron Mehmet has joined the fixed income team, having previously been an investment specialist at Perpetual for ...

Life insurance needs to prove value

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
Life insurance claims paid out billions of dollars to Australians last year. However, the industry needs to focus on creating awareness for its members as it is faced with negative sentiment, specifically around group insurance, the FSC Life Insurance ...

SMSFA, FSC call for infrastructure investment access

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
The SMSF Association and the Financial Services Council (FSC) are calling for self-managed super funds to have access to unitised, liquid infrastructure investments as a way of generating economic growth. The two organisations, which represent more ...

Aussie investors unhappy with pandemic performance

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
Australian investors are considerably more dissatisfied with portfolio performance than their global peers, according to bfinance's mid-year Asset Owner Survey. Over 40% of super fund respondents in Australia have been dissatisfied with the performance ...

State Street to launch ESG ETF

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
State Street Global Advisors is expecting to launch a new low-cost environmental, social and governance (ESG) ETF on the ASX on August 5, with a similar risk-return to the ASX 200. The SPDR S&P/ASX 200 ESG Fund will go by the ticker E200 and is the ...

Diversity screening option launched

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
Nucleus Wealth has introduced a diversity screening option for investors to strike companies from their portfolio that do not have gender diversity in their management. The wealth manager introduced the screen off the back of diversity issues that have ...

Value to be found in childcare stocks

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
The government's ongoing fiscal support to the childcare industry throughout the pandemic has led to an undervaluation of childcare stock prices despite the COVID-19 surge in Victoria, according to latest research from Morningstar. Morningstar equity ...

Netwealth launches Milliman managed accounts

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
Global consulting and actuarial firm Milliman has formed a partnership with platform provider Netwealth to widen the distribution of its first range of managed accounts that aim to dampen the effects of market volatility. Milliman's first managed account ...

Media Super names chief operating officer

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
The $6 billion fund has appointed Elise van der Heyde, as chief operating officer ahead of the proposed merger with the Cbus. Van der Heyde joins from Link Group where she was head of product and strategy. She also previously served as a senior change ...