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Economic recap: Week to November 19

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2021
... central bank policy responses to keep the tide of rising prices at bay. Some central banks have already raised interest rates, others "tapered" their bond purchases, and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) ditched its target to keep the April 2024 Australian ...

ASIC reviews super calculators

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2021
... superannuation calculators and estimates relief. This includes having standard assumptions for retirement ages and inflation rates that are used as defaults. Yet, ASIC is also proposing greater flexibility to trustees to tailor forecasts based on their ...

Boutique recruits portfolio manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2021
... the government agency in 2015 as portfolio manager. Prior to VFMC, Wilson spent more than seven years at ANZ, working in rates trading in Sydney and London, as well as a graduate in the global markets division. Wilson is currently a member of the finance ...

ASIC files contempt application against Mawhinney

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2021
... likely to mislead and deceive consumers, by sending emails directly to consumers regarding investment options, terms, and rates of return. Eleuthera Group is based in the UK, and ASIC is also alleging it was operating in Australia without a financial ...

Brokers warn of looming disaster

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2021
... research firm McCrindle, to assess the impact a rate rise would have on housing affordability. When asked if rising interest rates would put pressure on their financial position, 66% of respondents agreed either strongly, somewhat, or slightly. However ...

Economic recap: Week to November 12

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2021
... inflation target," it said. But the bond market has also had a hand at the RBA's decision: "Given that other market interest rates have moved in response to the increased likelihood of higher inflation and lower unemployment, the effectiveness of ...

The challenge of retirement income

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2021
... increased risk," he said. "Insurance products like annuities can provide predictable income for an unknown future but with low rates and compromise of limited or no access to capital means they are unpopular." McCrudden believes these are in acute conflict ...

£450bn in inflation-linked UK DB liabilities unmatched

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2021
... trillion is inflation‐linked. However, there are only around £800 billion of index-linked gilts (UK bonds with borrowing rates and principal payments linked to changes in the inflation rate), which suggests a shortfall of £700 billion. It explained ...

Millennials fastest growing SMSF cohort

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021
... increase in new SMSF accounts opened compared to the previous year. Millennials represent 10% of all new accounts - double the rates seen from 2016 to 2019. Meanwhile, the number of SMSF accounts owned by Gen Z investors (born 1997 to 2012) has doubled ...

Supply chain issues push up retiree expenses

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2021
... (+1.4%), and audio, visual and computing equipment (+1.8%) were some of the biggest increases during the quarter. "Property rates rose 3.3%, which is the largest rise since 2016. Many councils increased rates after implementing smaller rises, rebates ...