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Private market investment impediments not insurmountable: Frontier

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2022
... COVID-19 early release of super scheme created unforeseeable demands on liquidity, such a precedent caused funds to hold lower levels of illiquid assets than possible. Super fund size has also meant that certain asset classes or sub-sectors have simply ...

Igneo buys NZ energy distributor

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 NOV 2022
... achieve this. Owning and operating both gas and electricity distribution networks will help Firstgas Group facilitate a lower-emissions future for New Zealand." Also commenting, Firstgas chief executive Paul Goodeve said: "Firstgas Group's expertise ...

Super fund overhauls investment direction

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2022
... closing its Cash investment option. This is a significant move for the fund as it currently invests all members with a balance lower than $1500 wholly in the Cash option. Under the existing investment direction, once an account balance exceeds $1500 ...

Cost of retirement in lockstep with inflation: ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2022
... amount needed for a single person to fund a comfortable retirement has risen by 6.7% and for a couple by 6.6%, slightly lower than the annual CPI of 7.3%. While the major categories of expenditure, including food, transport and energy have all increased ...

YFYS manipulation leaves members worse off: ISA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2022
... retail, have gamed the system, leaving members worse off. "Dud super funds manipulate fees and reclassify investment assets to lower the hurdle they must clear on a government super test," ISA said. These funds are shifting assets to categories with ...

Financial services sector reports highest rates of burnout

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2022
... Arrarte explained the survey demonstrates a strong correlation between having a good manager and respondents experiencing lower levels of burnout, job churn, and quiet quitting. "With this in mind, when you look at the responses from the financial services ...

Janus Henderson announces board changes

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2022
... Australia's dividend landscape. Australia's headline total payouts fell by a fifth year-on-year (21.3%) in USD, reflecting lower special dividends and weakness in the Australian dollar. Globally, mining dividends slumped US$20.1 billion (A$30.1 billion) ...

Man GLG launches Asia Opportunities Fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2022
... pressures in the Asian region generally," he noted. Swan added that compared to the situation in developed markets, there is a lower level of speculation in Asian asset prices to be unwound. "This presents good opportunities for astute investors," he ...

Vanguard Super reignites fee war with launch

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2022
... to be the lowest cost in every category, we are a low-cost provider, but I think the difference with us is that we're lower cost in time," he said. "So, the more success we have, the lower our fees will drop. What we have now, we think is competitive ...

Complacency the biggest risk to retirement: Forum

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022
... suggests asset allocation solution could be a 60/40 portfolio or equity income solutions managed actively can both also lower volatility. However, this year a 60/40 portfolio has not provided capital preservation required by retirees. "In an equity income ...