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UBS launches philanthropic arm down under

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2022
... unprecedented growth of philanthropy across APAC with Australia now ranked 5th in the 2020 Charities Aid Foundation World Giving Index. "In response to this demand, we are delighted to be launching the Optimus Foundation in Australia and connecting our ...

NGS Super increases death, TPD premiums

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2022
The fund is increasing death and total and permanent disability insurance premiums following an increase in claims in recent years. Premiums for death and TPD will increase for most members from November 9. A 30-year-old member with a sum life/terminal ...

IPS partners to launch equity market solution

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2022
... dividends paid over the period," confirmed a statement. Horizon founder David Offer commented that the ASX 200 accumulation index has returned less than 9% pa over the last 10 years, so in that context a yield of more than 8% is very meaningful to clients ...

Consumer confidence jitters abate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2022
... nearly four months, according to Roy Morgan. While still significantly down from the same week a year ago, the ANZ Roy Morgan Index shows consumer confidence rose by 1.8 points to 87.8 this week. Consumer confidence is now three points below the 2022 ...

Managed funds industry records $16bn net flows

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2022
... billion to the size of the fund," Dyall said. The product with the second highest inflow was the Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF with $2.4 billion for an increase of 27%. Dyall noted that this was five times the size of net inflows into the unit ...

Aware Super deepens TAL relationship

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2022
Aware Super has expanded its mandate with TAL, with the insurer to now provide cover to VicSuper members as well. To date, VicSuper members' group insurance has been provided by MetLife and Aware Super's by TAL. However, members have been informed that ...

Regal Partners secures $420m mandate

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2022
... Regal Australian Long Short Equity Strategy is an active extension that aims to outperform the S&P/ASX 300 Accumulation Index over a rolling five-year period, net of fees. Since its 2009 inception, the fund has delivered an annualised return of 14.26% ...

Will listed infrastructure protect portfolios during market downturn?

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022
... well against listed infrastructure over five and 10 years, although the gap between them depends on which infrastructure index is used. "This is because different methodologies are used by the different index providers, which can significantly impact ...

Australia ranks 40th for crypto spend

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022
Australia has been ranked 40 th on a global index that measures where the most people are putting the biggest share of their wealth into cryptocurrency. Chainalysis' 2022 Global Crypto Adoption Index said Vietnam holds the top spot for the second consecutive ...

NZ Super shifts $25bn to low carbon indices

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022
... companies the fund owns directly. The NZ$57 billion fund began to roll over its indices to the MSCI World Climate Paris Aligned Index and the MSCI Emerging Markets Climate Paris Aligned Index in June, with the new benchmark taking effect on 1 July 2022. ...