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IOOF to provide fee relief to adviser network

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
IOOF has announced a new initiative that will see its network of financial advisers offer free financial guidance to local communities until the end of September. IOOF said it is providing fee relief to its advisers to volunteer 60 hours of their time ...

US pension funds approach point of no return

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... Wirepoints of 2018 data shows some may have reached the point of no return. Looking at asset-to-payout ratios of 148 state and local pension funds with more than US$2 billion in assets, the worst-off funds are those that are already well known for their ...

Aussie analysts share COVID-19 investment tips

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... is supposedly looking through the lockdowns and seeing a brighter future when economies get back to work," he said. The local market hasn't rebounded as much as its global counterparts as the RBA has not done as much as the US Federal Reserve to ...

Industry fund revalues unlisted assets

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... be most appropriately categorised. "Since the inception of MySuper (and indeed our merger back then between Statewide and Local Super) we've always classified unlisted property and unlisted infrastructure as 100% growth," Statewide said. "We've also ...

Superannuation fund cuts pay in C-suite

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
... where more than a million Australian jobs are under threat," Smith said. "Our core membership comes from the local government sector, and we recognise that this is a sector that is expected to be hard hit as ratepayers experience financial hardship. ...

The week that was

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... to weddings and funerals. As a result, earlier this week saw hundreds of thousands of Australians queuing outside their local Centrelink branches, many for the first time in their lives, having been stood down or lost their jobs entirely. Sure to cause ...

Industry fund boss exits

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... illness. Griffin is an experienced superannuation executive, having previously worked for both TWU Super and Local Government Super. His tenure at the latter saw him serve as chief operating officer for more than six years. Media Super chair Gerard Noonan ...

Frontier warns super fund clients of recession

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... to model growth outcomes for two scenarios: a shorter-term one where global growth slowdown spills over to Australia as local consumption slows, and a longer-term one where the slowdown stretches out over a longer period. In both cases, Frontier's ...

Stand still, get left behind

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... scoring and measuring ESG success. It features insights from J.P. Morgan, Fidelity International, Schroders, Local Government Super, Mercer and more.

First State Super and WA Super in merger talks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... members. First State Super is the industry fund for teachers, nurses and carers and WA Super is the default fund for local government employees in Western Australia. First State Super and its financial planning business StatePlus has had a presence in ...