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Fortnum drops upfront risk commissions

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2015
... who churn and they're known to the insurance companies who continue to accept business from them so perhaps part of the problem is how executives are incentivised to deliver new business growth." In April, AMP chief executive Craig Meller argued that ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2015
... ability to rally earlier in the week as it flirted with a key level on the lower end of the recent trading range. "The problem is the last few times we got one of these big up days, there was no follow-through the next days," said Mace Blicksilver, director ...

Aussie banks overpriced, undercapitalised: Perpetual

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... 1984. "Growing debt fuels asset prices, as does the cost of debt. So when interest rates eventually rise, this will be a problem for Australian banks as bad debts will probably start rising, hitting their earnings."

Economist asleep over budget investment market impact

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... Australia as being a mixed bag. He doesn't believe the economy has collapsed like some doomsters would like to see. "The problem is that business investment outside mining, and maybe including mining, is pretty poor. We're yet to see a turnaround on ...

No downing the dollar-A

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2015
... Yellen and Yellen on the data and financial markets - the Australian dollar would remain bid. This becomes Gov Glenn's problem... and ours, Australians all.

Cbus faces serious industry problems with super payments

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
An independent governance review of Cbus found the construction industry faces a serious problem with employers regularly gaming the system and not meeting their superannuation payment obligations. The recent review was commissioned by the industry ...

Retirees can increase their withdrawal rate: Milliman

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... Matterson, said 4% was fine as a starting point and would typically survive to life expectancy and maybe a little beyond. "The problem is though that you start introducing the concept of sequencing risk - if I were to retire and a financial crisis hits ...

Register for the MAX Forum now

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
With the speakers and nominees for the 2015 MAX Forum and Awards announced, now is the time to register your place at the event. On Thursday 4 June, leading industry figures including CIFR chief executive Professor David Gallagher, Mercer consumer marketing ...

Mercer launches retirement income strategy test

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
... determines what the best retirement income strategies and products are. Titled 'Retirement Income: A framework for a complex problem', the document combines member outcome-based investment objectives with tools to assess potential retirement income products ...

Falling cash rate puts gold in 'sweet spot'

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
Global demand for physical gold has jumped on the back of data that shows returns have exceeded 20% per annum when real interest rates have fallen below 2%. "Low interest rate environments like the one Australia is experiencing are typically the sweet ...