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Household capital remains key: RIR

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
The Retirement Income Review (RIR) has found home ownership is an important element in an adequate retirement, but not at the expense of all other income generating options. The potential fourth pillar of the Australian retirement income system, accessing ...

Generation flags Ascalon closure

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
ASX-listed Generation Development Group has confirmed its intention to wind up Ascalon Capital Managers, just two years after acquiring it from Westpac. It also announced plans to launch an income fund and a lifetime annuity. Generation has announced ...

COVID-19 spurs proactive investing: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
Australians are the most anxious about the impact COVID-19 will have on their portfolios but are also among the most proactive investors, according to a global comparison. Calastone's survey of 1800 retail investors from Australia, UK, USA, Germany ...

Healthcare dominates impact investing: American Century

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020
In the wake of the pandemic impact investors in the United States and United Kingdom have continued to focus their attention on prioritising healthcare, new research shows. American Century Investments latest study reveals the disparity of responses ...

NowInfinity founders join boutique

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... "[Having just completed an exit, I can see the importance for Australian business owners in getting this right. The baby boomer generation represents the largest transfer of wealth in history and getting that right has a critical impact on peoples' ...

Millennials jump on COVID-19 volatility

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
Millennial investors have been undeterred by market volatility due to COVID-19, according to new research conducted by Calastone. The results of a survey of people in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, UK, US and Germany, found a correlation between ...

Aussies reevaluate retirement prospects

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
... research also found that younger Australians (aged 35-49) are feeling more underprepared for their retirement than their Baby Boomer (aged over 55) counterparts, demonstrating the disproportionate impact COVID-19 has had on working Australians. "It has ...

FIIG calls for taxation, regulatory overhaul

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... allocation is most relevant and should reflect best practise. However, it will reduce the burden on the commonwealth as the baby boomer generation enters the retirement and drawdown phase of their superannuation portfolios. The submission pointed to ...

ESG investing to remain strong through pandemic

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
Despite COVID-19 shaking the world to its core, the themes underpinning ESG investing are not about to change, according to a global asset manager. Having destroyed the best laid plans of investors the world over, investment managers are asking how ...

Time for financials to step up: Study

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
New research reveals that nine in 10 Australians believe the finance sector has a key role to play in generating positive social, environmental and economic outcomes for the nation. The study comes out of Australian Ethical and Responsible Investment ...