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Adviser software soft launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
A new financial planning software that is free of charge promises to alleviate the cost of advice. ProductRex helps financial advisers assess superannuation and investment product recommendations by comparing fees and asset allocation between platforms ...

Labor won't support YFYS Bill in current form

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 APR 2021
Labor senators' dissenting report on Your Future, Your Super reforms published yesterday says the opposition can't recommend the Bill passes in its current form for reasons including its rushed start date. Senate Economics Legislation released ...

Rice Warner prepares to shut up shop

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2021
... then Prime Minister John Howard to discuss the superannuation guarantee policy. At this meeting, it was decided to leave Labor's policy in place - a catalyst to getting SG to the level of 9%. Rice Warner was acquired by Deloitte on April 1. Rice Warner's ...

Senate report on YFYS reforms delayed

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021
... the delay is "more logistical than technical". She said Brockman has hearings for other committees all this week, and that Labor has changed its deputy chair on the committee to Anthony Chisholm. Chilsolm is replacing Labor's Alex Gallacher temporarily ...

Chief economist update: Positive feedback loop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021
... to a reading of 109.7 in March. "The Present Situation Index-based on consumers' assessment of current business and labor market conditions-climbed from 89.6 to 110.0. The Expectations Index-based on consumers' short-term outlook for income ...

Chief economist update: Too much of a good thing could be a bad thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
... to a reading of 109.7 in March. "The Present Situation Index-based on consumers' assessment of current business and labor market conditions-climbed from 89.6 to 110.0. The Expectations Index-based on consumers' short-term outlook for income ...

MetLife appoints former Premier

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2021
... assistant national secretary for close to four years. Rees brings over 25 years of experience in politics, including as former Labor leader and Premier of New South Wales (from 2008 to 2009). He has also worked at both the Commonwealth and State (NSW) ...

Chief economist update: Patience is the word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
... committee's broad-based and inclusive goal of maximum employment and that even with a brisk pace of improvement in the labor market, achieving this goal would take some time," said the US Federal Reserve in it's most recent minutes. While the ...

To keep or not to keep JobKeeper

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
... opposition from shampoo manufacturers. Such is the divide between the Morrison government (the barber) and labour unions and Labor (shampoo makers) with regards to the JobKeeper scheme, which is set to end on March 28. The "shampoo-ers" argue that withdrawing ...

Workers being offered nothing: Keating

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2021
... increase in labour productivity and have not been passing this on to workers through wages. "There's been a 10% increase in labor productivity since 2012. Not a cent of it has gone to wages," Keating said. He insisted the increase to SG should be ...