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Productivity Commission addresses superannuation lottery

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2018
The Productivity Commission recommends an independent review of insurance in superannuation; that Australians enter default super once; and that super funds disclose trailing financial adviser commissions. These are a few of the 22 recommendations in ...

Chief economist update: Should have sold in May and gone away

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2018
... tax cuts to all businesses, among other incentives. The promised tax cuts on individual personal income should also help raise company revenues. This should partially partly offset continued stagnant growth in wages - the Wage Price Index (WPI) increased ...

Chief economist update: Erdogan's Turkey is cooked

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2018
I'm all for transparency but some discussions or disagreements are better resolved behind closed doors. Not for the limelight/spotlight-hogging president of the US. Donald Trump didn't take to Twitter this time, he penned an open letter to tell ...

Chief economist update: A US dollar story

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018
... would not happen overnight, but it will happen. Trump could either go back on his words that he likes a strong dollar, or raise and expand tariffs on American-made goods and services some more. Ben Ong is the Director of Economics and Investments at ...

Life insurers should fund medical rehabilitation: MLC

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 21 MAY 2018
There is division over whether or not private life insurers should be able to fund medical treatments for rehabilitating customers - the subject of a current Parliamentary Joint Committee - with giants like MLC Insurance and AustralianSuper batting ...

Blue Sky short seller launches new fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
One of the men behind the US hedge fund which successfully shorted Blue Sky Alternative Investments is starting an activist investment fund of his own. Former Glaucus Research director and chief investment officer at Glaucus Investments, Soren Aandahl ...

Australian asset owners support first stewardship code

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
Two prominent industry superannuation funds, managing more than $174 billion, are the primary signatories to Australia's first asset owner stewardship code. AustralianSuper and HESTA have committed to the Australian Asset Owner Stewardship Code ...

Gig economy intriguing millennials: Deloitte

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
Latest research from Deloitte shows 43% of millennials envisage leaving their job within two years. The accounting firm's 2018 survey into millennials and Gen Z shows the two generations do not hold much loyalty to their employer, and are intrigued ...

Chief economist update: Stuck in the very slow lane

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2018
... too would the RBA's accommodative policy stance. Reading between the lines of Debelle's speech, the RBA won't raise interest rates until wages and household income grow faster than they have in recent times. "How much longer is wages growth ...

Mental health to transform life insurance: ANZ Wealth

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2018
ANZ Wealth is making inroads with its newly launched mental health initiatives, including innovative and preventative programs aiming for the life insurer to play a more active role in the space. According to ANZ Wealth head of mental health and wellness ...