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Reverse mortgages used to extinguish debt

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
More older Australians are increasingly using reverse mortgages to pay off debt, a new survey found. RMIT University found two in five (44%) seniors used reverse mortgages to refurbish their homes after surveying over 9700 customers of Heartland Seniors ...

Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative launches

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
A coalition of more than 80 organisations including banks, insurers, superannuation funds and other stakeholders has released an ambitious list of recommendations to transform Australia's financial system to sustainable outcomes. The Australian Sustainable ...

State Super scholarship opens

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... post-graduate scholarship program is open for students in New South Wales interested in studying superannuation. The Academic Scholarship program offers four $16,000 scholarships available for masters and honours students. There is also one scholarship ...

RBA measures not solely due to COVID: Treasury

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
... Bank to take the leap of quantitative easing measures, the country was already heading in that direction. "While the academic research is not settled on the relative importance of different structural drivers, it is likely due to some combination of ...

State Super appoints academic oversight body

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
State Super has appointed an independent academic oversight body for its investment data science program. The fund said the use of data science is growing, though using insights from more complex machine learning based models requires a strong governance ...

Adelaide fund manager adds to board

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... in Melbourne. She has a master in property and construction, and a graduate diploma in legal practice. "Kellie's rare academic and professional skillset, which has been honed across the private and public sectors, ideally complements the expertise of ...

SMSF changes unlikely to mushroom new funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... consultation's question if housing more assets in SMSFs is beneficial, Thorp said it warrants "close consideration" because academic research shows SMSF members: tend to be over-confident in their abilities, over-optimistic of their funds' performance ...

Local fundie to manage US funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... COVID-19, with average occupancy remaining high through the first half of 2020," Auctus said. "Occupancy for the 20/21 academic year is anticipated to be above 90% across the portfolio demonstrating the durability and attractiveness of the sector." Auctus ...

Women receive worse advice: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
Financial advisers tend to give female clients poorer advice and recommend riskier assets compared to male clients, a new study shows. Women are significantly more likely to receive undiversified financial advice than men, researchers from the Hong ...

Ardea IM announces research partnership

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
The $15 billion fixed income specialist has announced a new research partnership, set to strengthen its academic research capabilities to the benefit of clients. Ardea Investment Management has partnered with the University of Technology Sydney to create ...