Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 1291 - 1300 of 3930 results for "November"

Latitude Financial joins banks on AFCA complaints list

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
... Citigroup, and PayPal. Consumer finance group Latitude received 975 complaints between the eight-month period beginning November 2018 to the end of June 2019. Nearly 45% of these complaints were not resolved. Most complaints received by the authority ...

Chief economist update: Aussie Black Friday spend will end Saturday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
... latest update on the country's retail spending. The ABS reported that retail sales jumped by 0.9% in the month of November. This is more than double market expectations for a 0.4% increase and follows increases of 0.1% in October and 0.2% in September. ...

Geared super funds hit jackpot

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
... research, the top 10 geared retirement and superannuation funds achieved returns in excess of 50% in the 12 months to November 2019, as a bull run in financial markets and some fortunate timing propelled funds with additional financial exposure to the ...

Industry fund ups fees ahead of merger

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
... between the ages of 27 and 55 will see the cost per week of their death and TPD cover increase from $7.47 to $9.06. In November last year, MTAA and Tasplan announced the merger would go ahead to create a combined national super fund with more than $23 ...

Chief economist update: Brexit - the news that was

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
... September quarter (latest). Similarly, headline inflation has decelerated from last year's high of 2.1% to 1.5% (November 2019) and core inflation 1.9% (2019 high) to 1.7% (November). Carney is taking no chances, telling his audience that the UK ...

Industry funds dominate satisfaction

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
... according to the research house. The positive result comes as Tasplan prepares to merge with MTAA Super, having confirmed in November 2019 that a merger would go ahead in October 2020. With MTAA Super serving as the successor fund, Tasplan's chief executive ...

AMP to cull super trustee, five funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
... just months away from culling a superannuation trustee and five super funds. Responding to a question on notice from its November appearance before the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics, AMP revealed its simplified wealth management ...

Chief economist update: Moving target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2020
... full employment and stable (2% target) inflation - is responding. The US unemployment rate is at a 50-year low of 3.5% (November 2019) but inflation as measured by the Fed's preferred inflation gauge - the PCE price index - remains off-target, registering ...

Chief economist update: Missing the burning forests for the surplus tree

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
... to prompt us to start planning for worst-case scenarios rather than debating the science." The piece was published on November 14 last year, just a few weeks before the burning of Australia. The present wildfire crisis scorching the country might not ...

ASIC alters adviser levy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019
... meaning that it may have gone unnoticed by many. The $907 figure was only an estimated fee announced by ASIC at the end of November. The minimum levy is $1500 and the $1142 figure cited by Marshan is per-adviser. Last year, the minimum levy was the same ...