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Platform fees, poor resourcing a red flag for regulator

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2023
... be for a range of reasons, for example, because the product carries excessive costs and charges, charges are not clear enough for customers to evaluate for comparisons, not designed with the target audience in mind, or not suitably marketed to the right ...

Inflation rises to 5.2%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2023
... inflationary pressures being above the RBA's target band." However, it's difficult to determine whether the data is soft enough for the RBA to pause again next Wednesday. "Our central case has another 25-basis point hike from the RBA pencilled ...

APRA consults on hybrid bond resilience

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2023
... seeking feedback on improving the effectiveness of hybrid capital bonds amid concerns design features would not be resilient enough to withstand a banking crisis. APRA released its discussion paper on Thursday, citing the challenges of hybrid bonds ...

Younger Aussies want advice but don't know how to get it: CFS

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2023
... the survey found. Additionally, only 20% of those surveyed are not open to financial advice and 28% said they didn't know enough about it to say if they were or not. The survey collected data from almost 2000 consumers in July 2023, including more than ...

NGS Super to debut retirement income product

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 SEP 2023
... Easy Default, which aims to help members spend more in the early stages of retirement with confidence, as well as have enough to last throughout their lifetime. "Easy Default is an account-based pension product and the first important plank of what NGS ...

RBA holds cash rate at 4.1%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 SEP 2023
... certainly isn't the base case; I just don't believe that there's the need for another, I think they've done enough." On the other hand, VanEck head of investments and capital markets Russel Chesler said with services inflation remaining ...

Financial hardship neglect lands Westpac in court

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2023
... efficiently, honestly, and fairly when it came to responding to its customers' hardship notices. Further, Westpac did not do enough to investigate and rectify the systems issues plaguing its online hardship notification process. If it wins, ASIC is seeking ...

RBA considers impact of climate on monetary policy

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2023
... affect the neutral interest rate and, therefore, the stance of monetary policy," Bullock said. "These concepts are difficult enough to assess in real time in the normal course, let alone when climate change is introducing additional variability and uncertainty." ...

ASFA, Super Consumers Australia revise retirement standards

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 28 AUG 2023
... homeowners, it added. "As we've previously highlighted, public support like Commonwealth rental assistance simply isn't enough for retired renters," SCA said. "Putting more into super generally isn't a realistic solution for renters either ...

IGR to spark fresh retirement income consultation

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2023
... deputy chief executive Matt Linden said. ISA states about half of the nation's newly retired, those aged between 65-69, have enough super savings and private savings that they do not qualify for a pension. "While super is still maturing, it is beginning ...