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Businesses warned to avoid dud funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
... insurance premiums. A combined cost of $45 billion per year to our superannuation funds and the insurers they work with." A live poll conducted at the talk showed 76% of those who participated consider fees to be the most important factor, after performance ...

Chief economist update: Future path of fed funds rate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2019
... untouched at 1.5% and 1.9% in 2019 and 2020, respectively. These were, more or less, the same numbers that the Reuters' poll (pre-September FOMC announcement) of 120 economists responded to, that revealed that majority of the respondents think the ...

Chief economist update: Fed future move depends on dollar direction

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2019
... are already doing. A once in a lifetime opportunity that we are missing because of "Boneheads"." But if Reuters' recent poll of 120 economists is any guide, the Fed would only cut interest rates down to 1.5%-1.75%. The poll revealed that majority ...

AMP advisers prepare for battle

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
... strategy and received ample notice of the changes to BOLR terms. The AMPFPA rejected Wade's comments. A recent FS Advice poll asked whether it was fair to align BOLR valuations with current market conditions. About 68% of respondents said no, while ...

Beware dodgy auditors, sudden CFO moves: Plato

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2019
Retirement income specialist investment manager Plato Investment Management has hinted at its proprietary system for monitoring the red flags that might indicate a company's share price is about to tank. Plato has created a system for monitoring more ...

Survey backs SG increases

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2019
Respondents in Financial Standard 's latest spot poll have welcomed the pending increases to the Superannuation Guarantee beyond 9.5%. The majority (79%) of respondents support the legislated incremental increases to the SG starting from 1 July 2021 ...

Australians demand SG increase: ISA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2019
Australians overwhelmingly support an increase to the superannuation guarantee, according to latest polling. Latest research from the peak body for industry superannuation funds, Industry Super Australia, shows Australians broadly disagree with the ...

Ban unsolicited life insurance sales: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2019
... ASIC's move to ban the unsolicited sales of life insurance. Ninety-four percent of participants, who voted in a spot poll conducted last week, said life insurance and consumer credit insurance (CCI) sold via call centre staff should be outlawed. ...

Deeming rate calculations should be independent: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... to an independent body, while 21% believed the responsibilities should remain with the Government, according to our spot poll. Deeming rules are a central part of the social security income test for pensioners including Veterans' Affairs allowances ...

FASEA exam was fair: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
Less than a third of the financial advisers surveyed in Financial Standard 's spot poll found the inaugural FASEA exam questions difficult, while the majority said it was reasonable. Less than half (44%) of the survey participants said the questions ...