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Economic recap: Week to July 30

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
The Delta variant outbreak continues to dominate headlines in Australia. Cases of infections in the states of Victoria and South Australia were brought under control and restrictions eased. However, the outbreak in Greater Sydney continued to worsened ...

Good year for active managers in fixed income

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... yields traded in a wide range and experienced volatility. Active managers had it rough in October 2020 but benefited from the spike in inflation expectations that contributed to a repricing of risk and steeping of sovereign yield curves. The report included ...

Crypto fund hires from Blue Sky

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... compatible with institutional mandates, something Yew is sure is on the horizon. "Over the past nine months we've seen the spike in retail interest in digital assets supported by a rising trend of North American companies implementing digital asset treasury ...

How likely is a super fund to fail YFYS test?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021
The average super fund has a 10-15% chance of failing the Your Future, Your Super performance test in any given eight-year period, but some may need to dive a little deeper to determine how at-risk they are, Willis Towers Watson says. Following analysis ...

Superannuation complaints down 31%: AFCA

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2021
Member complaints about superannuation to AFCA fell 31% in the year ending 30 June 2021, after a spike in FY20 stemming from the early release of superannuation allowed during the pandemic. AFCA did not provide a breakdown of complaint types for superannuation ...

Chief economist update: A half-glass full look at inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... on by businesses that are paying higher costs due to continuing bottlenecks in the supply chain. In addition, while the spike in measured inflation - headline and core - in April was due in part to base effects, reduced coronavirus restrictions have ...

Chief economist: Of capital gains taxes, COVID-19 and climate change

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
It's bad news day on Wall Street overnight with all four its benchmark equity market indices flashing red. The S&P 500, the DJIA and the Nasdaq dropped by 0.9% each, while the Russell 2000 had a smaller decline of 0.3%. The financial literati were ...

Adviser-led TPD claim admittance rates fall

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
... out nearly as much in TPD claims in 2020 as the premiums they collected on TPD policies in the year. In group super, the spike may be attributed to lower premiums collected in 2020 after legislation turned off insurance on lower-balance accounts from ...

Aussies to lose $100m to fraudsters

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
... victims to purchase non-existent investment products. The Australian Financial Complaints Authority alerted consumers of the spike in finance-related scams, which made up 23% of the 34,047 new complaints in the six months to 30 December 2020.

Chief economist update: The do-nothing Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
... economic activity, employment, and inflation, and poses considerable risks to the economic outlook". Not only that, the recent spike in US long bond yields - due to rising inflation expectations -- could throw another spanner in the works by negating ...