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Insurers COVID-19 response slammed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... (FSC) that life insurers would keep their COVID-19 support measures in place until the end of the year doesn't go nearly far enough, a lawyer has said. As part of the insurance response to COVID-19, those who lose their jobs or move from permanent ...

Debt vulture crackdown welcome

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... customers sought financial hardship assistance and about 9% of those engaged debt management providers that charged fees. So far in 2020, NAB has already seen 150,000 customers seeking assistance - raising concerns about how many would seek debt management ...

Chief economist update: Gold 2000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... lucky. But they're little leaguers compared with those predicting gold US$5000 (BofA Merrill Lynch) and most definitely far, far pessimistic than US Global Investors' forecast for...wait for it...US$46,000/oz made less than a year before. Perhaps ...

Investment strategies need to change: GSFM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... all sectors that are set to be beneficiaries of the COVID-19 pandemic," Griffin said. "Over the medium to long term it is far more important to correctly identify an area of structural growth and the companies set to benefit from that growth, than to ...

FSC reveals life insurance data

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... for men it's less than half that proportion at only 10%. "This data confirms that for working age Australians, cancer is by far the biggest killer and it's even more deadly for women than for men. We see that men have significantly more accidents than ...

Corporate super plan appoints chair

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
A corporate superannuation plan has appointed a new chair from Frontier Advisors, as the incumbent retires after 16 years. Gabriel Szondy will chair the Alcoa of Australia Retirement Plan, which manages retirement savings for the employees of Alcoa ...

Perpetual takes stake in US asset manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
... listed infrastructure and unlisted assets such as private market debt. Barrow Hanley's 21 strategies cover US, Europe and Far East global and emerging market equities and US fixed income. The total FUM is split as 60% US equities, 15% global equities ...

Super to lose $3tn by 2040

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... but Rainmaker Information has now revised this down to $7 trillion. This follows the news that more than $30 billion has so far been withdrawn from the system as part of the early release of super scheme, with more anticipated to be withdrawn over the ...

Early release of super extended

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR, KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... maintaining those savings until retirement," the government said in an accompanying document. Frydenberg said the government has so far put $289 billion or 14% of the GDP towards COVID-19 economic support. Tax receipts have been revised down by $95.6 ...

Domestic violence super reforms stall

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... women simply giving up the search. "Allowing the courts to access ATO data is a simple measure that will make the process far more efficient, fair and cost-effective both for the individuals concerned and the super industry." WIS chief executive Sandra ...