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Aware Super adds government relations head

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
... signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Victorian Independent Schools Superannuation Fund (VISSF), looking into whether a merger of the two funds is in the best interest of members, which would add a further $855 million to the fund.

Chief economist update: Recovery flashing hot, hot, hot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2021
... years ago." It's only in Japan where the PMI survey showed weaker inflation (surprise, surprise). The question now is whether or not these are only transient inflationary pressures - as proclaimed by most central banks (led by the Fed and ex-BOJ) ...

Tempered positivity post-pandemic: Experts

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... and central banks and governments end up owning the assets like they do in Japan?" Agreeing with Singh, Doyle questioned whether economies have the capacity to respond to future crises in the way they responded to COVID-19.

Chief economist update: Confidently sustaining the recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... and does follow an 11% rise in the Index over the previous three months". All good and dandy, Andy. The question now is whether Australia is having too much of a good thing that a bad thing - rising inflation - is on its way. So far so good. The NAB ...

YFYS incentive to reduce fees: Hume

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021
... Speaking at the Financial Services Council (FSC) post-budget briefing, FSC deputy chief executive Blake Briggs questioned whether the addition of administration fees would disincentivise funds to cut fees in the future. "In effect, our observation is ...

Retirees freed from legacy products

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... and transfer capital and reserves into an accumulation product with a superannuation fund. Individuals can then decide whether they want to stay in that super fund, take a lump sum benefit or move to a new retirement product. The transferred capital ...

The other side of the ETP growth story

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
... largely failed to beat the benchmark. He said to the advisers in the audience that this should be pause for thought on whether investment fees in more expensive active funds were really worth passing on to clients.

Chief economist update: A date with the RBA in July

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
... QE" at its 21 April meeting, the RBA's holding out till July. To wit: "At its July meeting, the Board will consider whether to retain the April 2024 bond as the target bond for the 3-year yield target or to shift to the next maturity, the November ...

ASIC not recommending general advice change

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
... appropriate point after renaming 'general advice', the government should review the use of general advice to determine whether further changes are needed to protect consumers," chief executive Dante De Gori said. The findings follow ASIC's win over ...

Super fund in-houses advice service

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021
... with the full range of advice and information on offer. "This team will support our members according to their needs, whether it's providing them with information, directing them to our online tools, or booking them in for a session with our personal ...