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Royal Commission sobering and overdue: Labor

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2019
... the report Scott Morrison never wanted delivered. Today is the day that Scott Morrison and his entire government voted 26 times to avoid this report ever seeing the light of day," Bowen said.

Hayne targets superannuation employer connections

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... prescribing board numbers or composition "distract attention" from the basic requirement of ensuring that the board is - at all times - skilled and efficient. He doesn't think matters about board composition and appointment should be dealt with by ...

Harder for insurers to dodge claims

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... September, ClearView admitted it's direct life insurance business had breached the anti-hawking law more than 300,000 times, at the RC public hearings. Stronger codes of practices Another key recommendation is that Financial Services Council should ...

Chief economist update: Don't buy now, Australian property will be cheaper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2019
... downturn the longest and deepest on record." Long-time readers would probably recall that I've scribbled many, many times (starting mid-2018, if memory serves me right) on this space, challenging the RBA's forward guidance that its next move ...

Corporates can help solve retirement issue: BlackRock

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
... objectives - for example, whether to pursue certain business lines or markets as stakeholder expectations evolve, or, at times, whether the shape of the company's workforce needs to change," he said. Describing it as a strategic pivot by the firm, Fink ...

Chief economist update: Australian property market slump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
... $43,500 less across Australia overall. Looks cheap and enticing but... they could go cheaper. How? I've ranted many, many times about housing's large multiplier effect on the economy in this space. The decline in housing will have flow-on effects ...

Curtain call for industry body after 96 years

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
... retiree body that was set up before the Sydney Harbour Bridge was built shutters its doors this year - in a clear sign of the times. The Superannuated Commonwealth Officers' Association, established in 1923, had 50,000 members at its peak. But with ...

Superannuation reforms splits opinion: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
... other hand, BT general manager of superannuation Melinda Howes said the shortlist has merit as it curbs defaulting multiple times over the working life of members and for new entrants to the workforce. The Commission's decision to follow the SMSF ...

The problem the Productivity Commission is trying to fix

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2019
... problem is so pervasive that Australia's best super funds routinely achieve investment returns outcomes two to three times better than the worst super funds regardless which time period or type of investment strategy you assess. Yet in the midst ...

Chief economist update: Another year over, a new one begins

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
Happy New Year! I wish you one, although undoubtedly you've all been wished the same thing many times over from the lead up to Christmas and some are still coming in seven days into 2019... better late than never. You, I and Irene certainly need ...