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Chief economist update: Welcome to the day after tomorrow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... in his press conference: "We do recognise that a rate cut won't reduce the rate of infection... It won't fix a broken supply chain. We get that. We don't think we have all the answers."

ISA takes swipe at Grattan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
... ages 70 and 90." Coates said Grattan's research shows that most Australians, including those working part-time or with broken work histories, are likely to replace their pre-retirement living standard. "Compulsory super shouldn't rise because that would ...

Consumers trust Google over advisers: NobleOak

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
... 44% seeking advice from family, while only 34% seek advice from an expert," the research states. The Royal Commission has broken down trust in the advice industry, NobleOak said. "The Royal Commission exposing conflicted remuneration by financial advisers ...

Analysts remain wary as ASX breaks 7000

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
The S&P/ASX 200 Index has broken the 7000 mark following news of Trump and China finally signing a trade deal, but analysts remain wary of the new record high. The Index gained 47 points on Thursday to finish at 7041.8, setting a new record high for ...

Non-compliant personal advice rife at super funds: ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
... fairly compare the overall quality of advice based on fund type. As such, our findings are aggregate findings and are not broken down by fund type." However, the findings did show financial advice provided by internally employed staff had the highest ...

Chi-X forced to be client of competition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2019
... then use that innovation for themselves." Aikins said any independent looking at the system would see it as "fundamentally broken" and, ultimately, producing less than optimal outcomes for the consumer. "It's not right for competition in Australia," ...

Women overlooked by retirement income review

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
... experiences in the workforce. "The reality is most women will not be in uninterrupted full-time work until they retire. They have broken work patterns and are more likely to work part-time," Scheerlinck said. "This means women are more impacted by flawed ...

Life insurance leaders fear for industry

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019
... absolutely need to change. Guess what the loss was for income protection for the whole year? Over a billion dollars. This is broken." "It's broken for customers. They get the pricing increase. It's broken for advisers because they're dealing ...

What is holding Aussie robo advisers back?

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2019
... found comparing to US market numbers from BackendBenchmarking's Robo Report. Fee structures in Australia are often broken down by the client's account balance while US robo advisers in US follow simpler fee structures. Further, US robo advisers ...

SG debate puts super in a spin

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
... Productivity Commission, adding it was "no good putting more money into superannuation if that superannuation system is broken, as we believe it currently is." "I also think it's worthwhile for the government and for the retirement incomes tribunal ...