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Finance cheats more likely to cheat: Study

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019
... study's authors concluded: "Our findings suggest that personal and professional lives are connected and cut against the common view that ethics are predominantly situational." They added that "virtues such as honesty and integrity influence a person's ...

Chief economist update: Jerome is in the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019
US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell's in the Hole - the annual Jackson Hole symposium, that is. Out of or deeper into the (Jackson) hole? Powell's all too aware that he has to mind his Ps and Qs because his every word would be sliced ...

Chief economist update: Wheels of US recession in motion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
... that the dip in forward real interest rates since last June may indicate that market participants have marked down their view of economic growth going forward, perhaps because of the rise in oil prices." "But this interpretation does not mesh seamlessly ...

Complex retirement system requires simplicity: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
... remain unclear. Actuaries Institute chief executive Elayne Grace said the best retirement system would take an integrated view across all sources of income and expenses for retirees, which includes the Age Pension, superannuation, the family home, aged ...

Super fund launches adviser portal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2019
... to better support financial advisers. WA Super has rolled out the new capability, saying the portal will allow advisers to view clients' details in real time. WA Super said so far feedback from advisers on the initiative has been overwhelmingly positive. ...

Short-seller targets infant formula importer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... Blue Orca claims Nutriunion was actually 100% owned by Ausnutria's chief financial officer Wong Wei Hua Derek. "In our view, this suggests that the buyout was merely a sham transaction to unjustly enrich insiders, and that management has kept the ...

Chief economist update: Will Australia avoid another global recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... market. The latest update on wages - up 2.3% in the June quarter, unchanged from the first quarter - confirms the RBA's view that slack remains in the labour market and one that suggests that consumption would remain the primary risk for the domestic ...

ASIC to crack down on platform fees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2019
Since the end of the Royal Commission, ASIC has been collecting information from platforms on the fees they charge and the financial advisers using them. In a letter obtained by Financial Standard, ASIC requested the names of every retail client who ...

Byres warns not to spread APRA too thin

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
... Representatives Standing Committee on Economics on Friday, APRA deputy chair John Lonsdale reiterated the prudential regulator's view that it requires more funding to ensure it remains an effective regulator. "APRA has been clear from the outset ...

Chief economist update: The UK is not OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2019
... on July 24. The only positive that could be inferred from the latest National Accounts is that it reinforces the BOE's view that recent UK data had been volatile and that it's payback for the strong first quarter economy. This volatility is underscored ...