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Actuaries develop retiree rule of thumb

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
A group of actuaries have answered the calls of retirees looking for a simpler way to determine how much money they should draw out of their savings in retirement, developing a new three-part rule of thumb. The Rule of Thumb Working Group has developed ...

Chief economist update: The yen to dictate if BOJ turns words into action

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
... achieving the price stability target will be lost." The BOJ's decision came hours after the US Federal Reserve cut the fed funds rate for a third time in October, following its July and September rate cuts. But instead of depreciating against the ...

Trustee firm, super fund in hot water

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019
ASIC has commenced Federal Court action against Sargon-owned Tidswell Financial Services and the promoter of mobiSuper over breaches of best interest obligations. Filed with the South Australian Federal Court, the corporate regulator is taking action ...

The cost of mental illness

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2019
A new report from the Productivity Commission estimates mental ill-health and suicide is costing Australia up to $180 billion a year, or almost $500 million a day. The Productivity Commission draft report on mental health was published on October 31. ...

Chief economist update: Good news is good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2019
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas has come early... and Thanksgiving too. Wall Street benchmark equity indices rallied at the close of trading last week: The S&P 500 added 1.0% to a new all-time high; the Nasdaq closed 1.1% up but not ...

ASIC, MLC Nominees and NULIS in court

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2019
ASIC has commenced Federal Court action against MLC Nominees and NULIS today in regards to fees for no service, filing a statement of agreed facts and admissions. ASIC alleges NULIS and MLC (as the current and former superannuation trustees of NAB) ...

Chief economist update: Fed pause could be a short one

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019
... chair Jerome Powell wouldn't be too happy with this new development. In his press conference - after the FOMC cut the fed funds rate a third time in as many meetings to 1.5%-1.75% -- Powell shared his optimism over the outlook for the economy - "It's ...

RI Advice faces ASIC action

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2019
ASIC has filed a Federal Court action against RI Advice and one of its former financial advisers who was the subject of a case study during the Royal Commission. Commencing court action today, the corporate regulator has alleged RI Advice failed to ...

Chief economist update: RBA rate cut outlook

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2019
... this. The turn in RBA rate cut expectations, along with the Fed's overnight announcement of a 25 bps reduction in the fed funds rate to 1.5%-1.75% sent the A$ higher to as high as US$0.6913. This is global dynamics in action, what Lowe referred to ...

AMP contests senior lawyer's claims

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2019
Larissa Baker Cook overplayed her role in fee-for-no-services escalation and could be "verbose and dominant" in conversations, AMP says in its defence to her claim seeking compensation for unfair dismissal. The senior lawyer dragged her former employer ...