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Market momentum to continue: ASI Conference

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) ASI 2021 conference, State Super director Carol Austin said if you take a long enough view, the bull market can continue forever. "If in 1990 I told you that interest rates were going to decline aggressively ...

Economic recap: Week to August 27

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
... to labor market tightness". In Jackson Hole 2021, Powell hinted that QE could be reduced this year, saying: "I was of the view, as were most participants, that if the economy evolved broadly as anticipated, it could be appropriate to start reducing the ...

Maritime Super criticises unfair YFYS test

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
... action, but we've already taken action and we took it before the performance test was implemented." "From my point of view, there should be some awareness that this has already been done... Whether we fail or not, we've already taken corrective ...

NAB fined $18.5m over misleading fee disclosure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021
... announcing the penalty amount, Justice Davies said: "This penalty is higher than the penalty proposed by NAB, reflecting my view that the contravening conduct was not at the lower spectrum of seriousness..." Over the course of the action, which was commenced ...

No all-male boards in ASX 200

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021
... without mandated quotas or government intervention. "When the push for gender diversity on the ASX 200 began, there was a view that Australia did not offer the talent pool of qualified women to achieve the targets we set," 30% Club Australia chair Nicola ...

Super fund reduces fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
... access to our team of financial planners by video conference." ACSRF is currently working towards a merger with NGS, with a view to signing a Heads of Agreement shortly. If confirmed, the funds will look to merge early next year.

Actuaries Institute releases retirement policy review

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
... Age Pension and means testing rules) to be the most appropriate rate, which is a contrast to Retirement Income Review's view of current SG rate being sufficient for most Australians and any increases depressing wages. The paper says workers who permanently ...

80% of instos find sustainability difficult

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
... slow down the growth in sustainable investing, Schroders found. Rather, in Australia 48% of institutional investors surveyed view the role of sustainable investing within their organisations as more important because of the pandemic. "Given recent, high ...

New role for Future Super co-founder

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2021
The former chief executive and co-founder of Future Super has a new role with a green financier. Kirstin Hunter has been appointed chief people, risk and legal officer at Brighte. Brighte is a green financier which last year raised $100 million led ...

Accountants warn of lockdown cost

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 AUG 2021
An Australian-first survey of accountants asking for their views on the economic impact of COVID-19 has revealed a pessimistic outlook. Nearly half of surveyed accountants are "fairly" or "extremely" worried about the state of the Australian economy ...