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Pain of commodity price increases to last: World Bank

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2022
... through to the end of 2024 and the transition to cleaner energy may be delayed. It comes as latest Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows the largest annual jump in CPI since 2000. The report from the World Bank says the war in Ukraine has dealt ...

APRA, ASIC publish life claims and disputes data

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2022
APRA and ASIC have released the latest Life Insurance Claims and Disputes Statistics publication that presents key industry-level claims and dispute outcomes. The publication featured outcomes for 20 Australian life insurers writing direct business ...

Real unemployment far higher than ABS claims: Roy Morgan

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2022
... Morgan findings showing that 2.3 million Australians (16.2% of the workforce) fall into these categories. However, ABS statistics paint a very different picture. ABS estimated that 563,000 Australians were unemployed (4.0% of the workforce) and 926,000 ...

Geopolitics to change ESG approach: Survey

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2022
... content Kathryn Saklatvala said. "Yet investors' concerns about inflation and rising rates-which come through in these statistics-are giving greater impetus to these trends. It is particularly interesting to see the large minority of respondents for ...

New initiative calculates how much Aussies need in retirement

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2022
... retirees don't enjoy their retirement as much as they could as they are not confident spending. Using Australian Bureau of Statistics data, Super Consumers Australia calculated savings targets designed for homeowners, who make up 84% of retirees. Super ...

Member contributions lift super assets to $3.5tn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2022
... contributions helped push the superannuation asset pool to a new record of $3.5 trillion at the end of 2021. The latest statistics from the prudential regulator shows total superannuation assets grew 14% to $3.47 trillion year on year. Member contributions ...

SMSF sector grows 11%: ATO stats

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2022
... 2021; a welcome sight following the beating investments copped during pandemic-induced volatility. Releasing the annual statistics for the 2019/20 financial year, the ATO said 61% of SMSFs reported making zero or negative return on assets, largely due ...

Big tech, interest rates dominate reporting season

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2022
... healthcare products," he said. Global debt reached US$226 trillion at the end of 2020, International Monetary Fund statistics show, growing 256% year on year as a result of the pandemic. The consequences of unprecedented economic stimulus in response ...

APRA takes next step on super data

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2022
... published from June this year. The regulator proposes publishing new aggregate industry, fund-level, and product-level statistics. These would contain key metrics, including improved data on insurance arrangements, expenses, member demographics and asset ...

Assets under custody hit $4.7tn

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2022
... onboarding of new custody mandates on the part of some members evident in the relative movements during the half." ACSA statistics showed that asset servicing providers settled over 13 million trades during the six months to 31 December 2021. This equates ...