SuperFriend unveils best practice framework for mental illness claims management

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SuperFriend, a not for profit mental health foundation formed by Industry Super Funds and their Insurers, yesterday released an Australian-first, evidence-based best practice framework to help Super funds, and their Group... Read more continue reading

The scourge of overconfidence

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Leaving in its wake sharp equity market retracements globally, efforts to stem falls and to revalue the currency in China, more commodity price decimation, mediocre earnings results and sharply increasing... Read more continue reading

China: What’s really behind the currency move?

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China’s decision earlier this month to change the way in which the central parity or “fix” rate of the renminbi (RMB) is determined has been widely characterised as a devaluation... Read more continue reading

Who gets my super when I die?

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For many people it might come as a surprise to learn that the most important estate planning tool for dealing with the payment of their interest in a superannuation fund... Read more continue reading

Macro Matters: Five reasons the market oversold

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In last week’s “Macro Matters,” I argued that China’s currency regime change is bad news for the global economy and risk assets unless it will be accompanied by further domestic... Read more continue reading

Malaysia: capital controls to support ringgit would be disruptive

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China’s surprise currency devaluation, which triggered a sell-off in many Asian currencies, has increased Malaysia’s headache as the country had already been struggling to halt the ringgit’s decline. Reintroducing capital... Read more continue reading

Link Group and ME enter strategic partnership

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Leading superannuation administration, data analytics and registry company Link Group and industry super fund-owned bank ME has announced a strategic partnership to jointly deliver integrated innovations for superannuation funds. The partnership... Read more continue reading

Taking point on property

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Property ownership is wired into the Australian psyche with “the great Australian dream” having been passed from generation to generation. In this paper we look at the behaviour of investors... Read more continue reading

Shock waves from the rumbling Renminbi

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The market will calm down after the biggest currency devaluation by China in almost two decades which has sent shock waves through global commodity, interest rate and stock markets, says... Read more continue reading

The case for global real estate

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Chris Bedingfield, Principal and Portfolio Manager at Quay Global Investors, explores the benefits of investing in global real estate – from accessing listed asset classes not easily accessible in Australia,... Read more continue reading