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Gauging the Future Fund's MySuper potential

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2021
... the Future Fund Management Agency has the potential to be the lowest cost product in the market. Its last annual report shows total costs of 1.13%, comprised of 0.197% direct costs ratio and 0.93% indirect look-through investment costs. If a government ...

Responsible investment sector hits $1.2tn

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... Australian consumer law, which doesn't explicitly cover the financial services sector but can be taken across that." The report shows that just one quarter of investment managers are practising a leading approach to responsible investment, "highlighting ...

Industry funds to dominate in 2025

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2021
... superannuation funds will dominate the sector in 2025 and squeeze out many retail funds. Rainmaker's latest Benchmarking Report shows AustralianSuper, QSuper/Sunsuper, Aware Super, UniSuper and Hostplus will become the largest players based on assets ...

Chief economist update: Local and foreign love affair with Australian property

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2021
The Foreign Investment Review Board's (FIRB) 2019-20 annual report shows that just like Australians, foreigners are also in love with our local property market. The FIRB approved a total of 7496 applications for the purchase of commercial and residential ...

Cost of group insurance declines

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021
... terms and conditions, and pricing difficult to understand," the regulator's Default insurance in superannuation report shows. ASIC's review of the group insurance market found that two MySuper members will receive different covers at varying ...

Aussie charities robust prior to COVID

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... government agency, found charitable donations during 2019 grew by 12% to $11.8 billion. The Australian Charities Report shows that the government continues to be the biggest funder of charities, contributing nearly half (47%) or $78.1 billion to the ...

WTW head of strategic advisory resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
... stakeholders - members, wider society and the natural environment," she said. WTW's recent Global pension assets study report shows that the US holds the largest amount of pension assets at US$32.6 trillion, followed by Japan (US$3.6tn), the UK (US$3.56tn) ...

Chief economist update: Australia's virtuous cycle keeps on turning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021
... GDP growth could be revised even higher. The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 'Labour Force' report shows total employment is 1800 scalps short of the tally recorded last year before the pandemic and the unemployment rate dropped ...

Chief economist update: What a difference an Australian year makes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 MAR 2021
... there were before the pandemic." True that. The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 'Labour Force' report shows total employment increased by 88.7K heads to 13,006,900 workers in February 2021.While this is 1800 scalps short of the tally ...

Macquarie IM the nation's largest manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2021
... Macquarie Investment Management, which had $125.7 billion in assets, Rainmaker's quarterly Institutional Roundup report shows. IFM Investors ($103.6bn) finished in the third spot, followed by Challenger ($88.9bn), QIC ($72.5bn), Victorian Funds Management ...