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Macquarie launches build-to-rent platform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2021
... co-head of Macquarie Asset Management's real estate team in Europe Dana Gibson said. "This sector has emerged as a global mega-trend in real estate over the last 10 years, driven by secular trends including urbanisation, digitalisation and demographic ...

Adviser ETF use grows

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021
... this kind of solution from self-directed and advised investors alike. Advisers are responding to this demand. We expect the trend of increasing adoption of responsible investing to continue for some time."

UK pension funds pushed to merge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
The UK pension sector is experiencing similar pressure to that being felt by Australia's super funds, with the pensions regulator asking defined contribution (DC) funds with less than £5 billion in assets being urged to merge. In September last ...

Super tax concessions to outstrip Age Pension by 2040: Report

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
By 2040, the government will be spending more on superannuation tax concessions than on the Age Pension, according to the fifth Intergenerational Report released today. The government currently spends about 2% of the GDP on superannuation tax concessions. ...

Chief economist update: Thank you, my frenemy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
... this is a "base effect" function as China normalises from the distortion caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The overall trend remains on the up and up. The China Iron and Steel Association reports that crude steel production in the January - May 2021 ...

Chief economist update: Chinese activity indicators disappoint but growth target intact

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
... to consumer and business behaviours and central bank and government policies make it especially difficult to assess the trend in forthcoming stats. Not to mention, the fact that the virus still lingers and the race between increased vaccinations and ...

Mergers push member positivity

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021
The recent merger activity in the superannuation sector is received positively by members but engagement is still underwhelming, new research shows. The latest Investment Trends Super Member Engagement Report showed nearly a third of members see merging ...

Super fee squeeze continues

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2021
... ratio is huge, it's one-third lower than the 56% ratio it was last quarter. The implication is that there is an overwhelming trend towards super funds lowering their fees," Rainmaker executive director of research and compliance Alex Dunnin said. Looking ...

Chief economist update: Home sweet home

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2021
"Boom boom boom boom!" - Vengaboys The Australian property market should adopt this as its official anthem. The property craze in this Land Down Under is best portrayed by an article in the Daily Telegraph telling the story about "a mouldy 1970s house ...

Aware Super adds government relations head

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
... advice team, which is is expected to result in several redundancies. The restructure was prompted by the fund observing a trend away from ongoing advice contracts and towards on-demand advice. Elsewhere, the fund has signed a Memorandum of Understanding ...