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Three in a row for NSW? MySuper says so

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
... New South Wales and Queensland funds might be of some assistance. Hours out from kick-off at Adelaide Oval, Rainmaker analysis of both NSW-based and Queensland-based funds' performance over 10 years backs the experts' thinking - the Blues are ...

Wages will not rise from SG cut: ISA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
... super for nothing. Workers never received a promised wage increase when the super guarantee was last cut, a comprehensive analysis of federal workplace agreements revealed. "When the super rate was last delayed in 2014 there was no wage rise, and millions ...

Chief economist update: Not out of the woods

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
... reversed its biggest economic contraction in history with the sharpest recovery on record. The US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reported that the country's GDP increased at annualised rate of 33.1% in the September 2020 quarter following the ...

Gender doesn't influence company returns: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2020
Analysis of ASX 300 companies since 2005 has shown a 33.1% rise in women filling non-executive director (NED) roles has had no influence on company returns. The Ownership Matters (OM) study examined the total shareholder return for each company, during ...

Morningstar creates chief ratings officer role

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
... in a number of senior roles. He joined as an equity analyst and moved on to become a director of exchange-traded fund analysis, investment manager, and president and investments chief of Morningstar Investment Services. Ptak's most recent role was ...

Link rejects takeover offer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
... the consortium agreeing on price and terms following due diligence," Link said. "The board has undertaken preliminary analysis of the consortiums alternative structures including the proposed implementation. At this stage, these alternatives do not constitute ...

The case for an overhaul of advice: Rice Warner, FSC

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... advice would be cheaper and less of a compliance burden with a review able to be done without needing a comprehensive analysis "The aim is to build a new model for financial advice which not only makes professional quality advice more affordable and ...

Risk but no reward in institutional equities portfolios

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
... attempts to "time" manager outperformance may have proven costly. "Too much of a good thing was certainly evident by our analysis, with respect to portfolio diversification leading to hidden and uncompensated risk," said Hunstad. "Really understanding ...

ASX200 advance climate targets

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
... response to climate change, new research shows. The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors' (ACSI) annual benchmark analysis shows ASX200 companies' climate-related disclosure has improved but there are still challenges. The ACSI research shows ...

Stapling equals accountability: Hume

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... its own standards," she said. Hume also hinted that the highly-anticipated Retirement Income Review is a comprehensive analysis of the three pillars of the retirement system and will not offer recommendations. She stayed mum about when the final report ...