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Chief economist update: We're headed for surplus (if assumptions hold)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
... flipped into a 2.1% deficit the following year due to the global financial crisis. The economic projections in the Budget Papers 2018-19 look rational enough - GDP growth of 2.75% this fiscal year and then 3% per annum in the next four; so are the predictions ...

Government to ban default life insurance in super

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... superannuation funds no longer have opt-out life insurance arrangements for members under 25 and those with low balances. Budget papers said this was being done as a means of "protecting Australians' retirement savings from undue erosion by fees and ...

Chief economist update: Budget surplus can wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... FY2020-21 amounting to A$10.2 billion (0.5% of GDP) from A$7.4 billion (0.4% of GDP) anticipated in the May 2017 Budget papers. The hope, of course, is that the Australian government's generosity would generate a stronger labour market, stronger consumer ...

RECAP: Advice in the Royal Commission spotlight (Days 1 - 3)

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2018
... Kenneth Hayne in the latest round of the financial services Royal Commission that runs until April 27. Between shuffling of papers, awkward pauses and some confusing apologies, here's all the evidence heard by the Commission so far: April 18: CBA comes ...

Actuaries Institute names chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018
... said Grace's experience in public policy has been instrumental in raising the institute's profile in developing strategic papers which go to the heart of major economic and social themes that affect the lives of all Australians. Evans added Grace has ...

Peak iron ore?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2017
... with every $US10 a tonne change impacting tax receipts by $3.9 billion and nominal GDP by $13.4 billion." In its Budget Papers 2017-18 (released in May this year), the Treasury assumed the price of iron ore "to decline from a recent average of around ...

Mason Stevens wins 2017 Technical Paper of the Year

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
... Accounts, the award seeks to further adviser education in managed accounts through high-quality and insightful technical papers on the subject. The paper, entitled 'Redefining your value as an adviser through managed accounts', provides strategies for ...

Inaugural Technical Paper of the Year awarded

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2017
... Accounts, the award seeks to further adviser education in managed accounts through high-quality and insightful technical papers on the subject. The paper, entitled 'Redefining your value as an adviser through managed accounts', provides strategies for ...

Effective data management key to engagement: ISWG

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017
... Good Practice Guidance for trustees will be published by the ISWG later this year, with further documents and discussion papers due to be published in coming months. "The wider superannuation industry is working collectively on key insurance issues that ...

The bull and bear market in iron ore

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2017
... with every $US10 a tonne change impacting tax receipts by $3.9 billion and nominal GDP by $13.4 billion." In its Budget Papers 2017-18 (released in May this year), the Treasury assumed the price of iron ore "to decline from a recent average of around ...