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Northern Trust races up custody league tables

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
... in transactions reflected the level of activity by underlying institutions adjusting their portfolios in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. "According to a recent ACSA member survey, 82%of asset servicing professionals are working from home. At the same ...

APRA expands super data collection

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
... member outcomes. "APRA recognises that superannuation trustees are under pressure from a range of challenges associated with COVID-19. However additional, high quality data that is reported regularly and consistently is essential to understanding the ...

Female access to ERS to widen gender super gap

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
... more generations face the same plight. It is important that we act now to ensure that women are at the centre of any post-COVID super or other economic recovery policy measures." The AIST and Women in Super have made a number of recommendations including ...

Chief economist update: Fed heads for the mountain

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
... worrying about inflation rearing its head anytime soon. Not while the world remains hostage to the coronavirus. But post-covid, the Fed's change in strategy will be consequential not only for America but, being the anchor for which all interest rates ...

Advisers more bearish than clients

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
... advisers remain bearish, despite the All Ords having rebounded by over 30% since the March sell-off. "At the start of the COVID-19 lockdown, financial planners' capital gain expectations dipped below zero temporarily but had since recovered slightly. ...

Shareholders approve Aon, WTW merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... capability to provide more relevant solutions for clients, he added, saying it has only become more important during the COVID-19 pandemic. "The events of 2020 are illustrative of the exact type of transformative long-tail risk our new organisation will ...

COVID-19 may delay retirement: WTW

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
A new report from Willis Towers Watson suggests the effects of COVID-19 could delay a person's retirement by as much as eight years. WTW said a range of factors caused by the COVID-19 pandemic mean superannuation fund members may need to keep working ...

Household debt a major risk: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... The report comes as the Commonwealth Bank released its most recent PMI data which showed the ongoing economic effects of COVID-19. The latest PMI data showed business activity across Australia falling back into decline during August as the re-imposition ...

Gonski departs ANZ

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... banking industry is at an important inflection point as we do all we can to help the economy recover from the impacts of COVID-19 and ANZ will remain committed to that cause. O'Sullivan is currently chair of Western Sydney Airport and Optus and a director ...

Link suffers in COVID environment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... challenging year, we have successfully delivered continuity of service for our clients, while also keeping our people safe during COVID-19." McMurtie said the company continued its growth agenda and executed on a number of efficiencies and opportunities ...