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SG does wonders for households: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... S&P200 fell 37% in the four weeks from mid-February, since the SG's inception in 1992, the index has risen about 6% on average each year. Further, ASFA anticipates that by 2050 half of all retirees will have achieved its Comfortable Retirement Standard ...

Investors turn to China-focused strategies

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... value," Diez said. Meanwhile, bfinance recommends investors look to active managers for strong alpha generation. "The average A-shares manager has delivered 5.3% per year over the last five years, versus -6.2% for the MSCI A-Shares index," it said. "Meanwhile ...

Chief economist update: This rebound is brought to you by the letter V

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... region's GDP growth to advance by 6.5% (single-hit scenario) or by 3.5% (double-hit) - outperforming the OECD's growth average of 4.8% (singel-hit) or 2.2% (doubel-hit). The IMF's projections sends the same message. It expects Eurozone GDP ...

ISA responds to calls for SG freeze

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... MPs have called for the legislated increase to the SG to be scrapped or frozen - a move ISA says would see a couple on average wages lose between $150,000 to $200,000 in retirement. "These MPs are out of touch not only with the community but also with ...

ATO data heaps pressure on ASIC's SMSF fact sheet

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... "operating expense" of SMSFs is $3923 a year, a stark contrast from data published by ASIC last year which stipulated the average operating expense of SMSFs was around $14,000. The tax office's 2017-18 statistical overview of SMSFs shows the average ...

Another billion removed from super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... paid now at $15.9 billion. In the week to June 14, funds reported a further $1.3 billion was paid to members, taking an average of 3.3 business days to process. Additionally, 95% have been made within that five business day goal as set by APRA. The total ...

Life insurers fork out more for mental health

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... in people taking longer to return to work after a mental health event," Cummings said. While most causes of claim see average claimants return to work after 12 months, claims for mental health stretch out to 18 months. "Mental health claims tend to take ...

S&P warns of record fallen angels

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... observed at the start of COVID-19-related market volatility, in March. "Per the S&P US High Yield Corporate Bond Index, the average yield to worst ebbed below 7% late last month, and reached a three-month low of 5.90% on Monday, June 8, down from double-digit ...

BNP Paribas appoints APAC custody lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... player in the APAC custody sector, having increased its assets under custody in the region over the last six years by an average of 18% annually. "Franck brings a wealth of client and operations experience to this important role in charge of one of our ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 nightmare makes Brexit a dream

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2020
... Ministers - David Cameron and Teresa May - the uncertainty borne of Brexit slowed the UK's economic growth rate from an average annual growth rate of 2.4% in 2015 to a mere 0.5% by 2019. Then the coronavirus our way came, turning Brexit into dream ...