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MetLife welcomes new group product head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
... Mulheron, Carey said the insurer is excited to have him join the team in what he described as a critical role. "We are the third largest group insurer in Australia and we're focused on continual improvement for our partners and their members," he said. ...

Chief economist update: As safe as Australian houses?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
... consecutive month of contraction in this sector. More to the point, house building activity declined to 44.8 in October - the third month of contraction (below a reading of 50). According to AiG: "House building respondents to the Australian PCI linked ...

Westpac admits it didn't take FoFA seriously

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2018
... are not happy with the group's actions. Over the last year, the team dealt with 450 cases. "Of these, approximately one third of the group's prior decisions were substituted; one third remain unchanged; and for the remaining thirds the customer advocate ...

Grattan says Aussies retiring comfortably, ISA responds

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2018
Australians are retiring with more than enough, according to new research from Grattan Institute but ISA and ASFA don't agree. Grattan Institute modelling found that most workers can expect retirement income of at least 91% of their pre-retirement ...

Mental health at work still a stigma: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2018
Senior managers are most likely to experience the highest levels of stress at work and are at risk of leaving their employer in the next 12 months, according to mental health organisation SuperFriend. With one quarter of workers experiencing high levels ...

Chief economist update: The Middle Kingdom's middling growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2018
... data). So what's happening in China? While Chinese GDP growth slowed from 6.7% in the second quarter to 6.5% in the third quarter is right bang on central command's target, Caixin's latest Purchasing Managers' survey indicate that the ...

Train staff on privacy risks: OAIC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
... to identify and prevent privacy risks, as financial services recorded the second highest number of data breaches in the third quarter of 2018. In its report of notifiable data breaches between July and September, the OAIC noted the finance sector was ...

Advisers choose their own journey on BT hub

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
... Phil Butterworth said the adviser hub "offers advisers and licensees with access to BT services and negotiated rates with third party providers to support advisers' business capability." These third parties provide services including research, compliance ...

Chief economist update: BOE waiting on Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
... inflation is projected to remain above the target for most of the forecast period, before reaching 2% by the end of the third year." Fresh data show that the UK unemployment rate remained at a 43-year low of 4.0% in the three months to August. The tightness ...

Superannuation must catch up to gig economy

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
... super meets the digital natives: The next generation of super. The report is based on a survey of 80 businesses. More than a third (36%) believes the current super system is not suitably structured for the future workforce. About half (56%) acknowledged ...