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Mid and small-caps outperform in 2019

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
S&P Dow Jones Indices has released its annual SPIVA Australia Scorecard; a report measuring the performance of active funds against their respective benchmark indices - and mid and small-caps have come out on top. Surveying returns from 829 Australian ...

Industry-made retirement models are self-serving: SCA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
... in the United Kingdom and how it could benefit Australian consumers if transferred here." SCA teamed up with CHOICE to survey over 10,000 consumers who shared their concerns about the adequacy, fairness and complication in planning for retirement, which ...

RBA expected to cut again; maybe even tomorrow

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
Finder's RBA Cash Rate Survey found 90% of economists believe there will be a rate cut in 2020, with 15% expecting the cut to come tomorrow. Graham Cooke, insights manager at Finder, said 20 economists specifically called out the threat of the coronavirus. ...

Super funds snub millions of Aussies

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
... to meeting the needs of the over five million Australians who do not speak English at home, according to new research. A survey conducted by LanguageLoop found that 81% of respondents said super funds give their non-English speaking customers the least ...

Climate threat pushes Aussies to sustainability

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... rigorous ESG screening processes in place will not satisfy those who are seeking sustainable and ethical investments." In a survey of Australian institutional investors, Cerulli found that 88.2% named ESG integration, followed by exclusionary screening ...

Shape up on climate change risk: APRA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
... Prudential Practice Guide SPG 530 Investment Governance (SPG 530) in relation to ESG considerations for super funds. APRA said a survey of its regulated entities in 2018 revealed that the financial risks and opportunities from a changing climate were ...

Consumers trust Google over advisers: NobleOak

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
... the digital revolution and fallout from the Royal Commission as key reasons for this shift in consumer behaviour. In a survey of over 1000 Australians, NobleOak found that consumers prefer the internet over personalised advice, with 46% going online ...

Chief economist update: Aussie employment rises... but so does our unemployment rate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... million hours over the month. Employers would ask workers to work more hours before hiring extra staff. The ANZ job ads survey - which leads employment growth by three to six months - continues to decline, dropping by 11.8% in the year to January. The ...

Chief economist update: Working nine to five, barely getting by

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
... September 2019 quarter (latest available) from 2.7% in the June quarter - and are continuing to do so as ME Bank's latest survey show. The ME Household Financial Comfort Report released this month found that: "More household saving, less overspending ...

Value disconnect damages adviser relationships

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... financial advice more than its benefits. This was especially true in the behavioural realm; which was ranked last in the survey of investors. "Research suggests that cognitive biases and other behavioural obstacles often inhibit investors from making ...