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Another billion removed from super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
Australian super funds continue to make payments to members under the government's Early Release of Super scheme, with the total amount paid now at $15.9 billion. In the week to June 14, funds reported a further $1.3 billion was paid to members ...

Investment scams pry $126m from Aussie hands

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... investment ($126 million) and dating scams ($83 million) were the second and third most common method of fraud in the country. "Unfortunately it is another year with devastatingly high losses, and scammers are constantly finding new ways to defraud Australians," ...

Unemployment hits 21-year high

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... confidence of the road back that we are charting together, as a Government, together with other governments around the country," he said. "These are our dark times, but I can see that ray of light, and I'm sure Australians can see that, too but we ...

EM winners, losers emerge in COVID-19 struggle

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... began to emerge in reaction to China's new law that supersedes the Hong Kong constitution and threatens the end of 'one country, two systems'." These tensions, as well as various EM's response to the pandemic, have seen Eaton Vance shift to an underweight ...

Chief economist update: Honey, COVID-19 got me sacked

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... to increase the JobSeeker payment). "We will not rest. We are working with some of the biggest economic challenges this country has ever faced and our government is working day and night to get the balance right, to get the right supports in place," ...

How competitive is the Australian ETF industry?

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2020
... trying to string together here and say this is why we want a competitive exchange traded products market here in this country." Overall, the total market by managers fell into the category of "moderate concentration" with a score of 1961 at March end. ...

AustralianSuper gives Rio Tinto slap on the wrist

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
Rio Tinto got a talking to from AustralianSuper in relation to it blowing up a 40,000 year old Aboriginal heritage site, but the fund won't be selling down its $1 billion dollar stake. AustralianSuper chief investment officer and deputy chief executive ...

Real estate assets hit $316bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... impact on the real estate industry in Australia is yet to be fully seen, investors globally have consistently ranked the country their top investment destination over the years on the back of strong fundamentals, making it an important component in long-term ...

ERS payments reach $15bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... billion, with $14.8 billion paid since inception. The average payment made over the period since inception is $7475. The country's largest super fund AustralianSuper is still leading the pack having paid out close to $2 billion to its members. Hostplus ...

Chief economist update: Australian Renaissance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... religious and political ideas." - Encyclopaedia Britannica There's an air of optimism up and about in this "Lucky Country", for while it would not escape a technical recession -- Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg acknowledged as much after the Australian ...