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Top economist Don Stammer to fund UNE scholarship

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
Before he was an investment banker and economist with an enviable career spanning more than half a century, Don Stammer was just a 'Vacy boy' trying to beat the odds. He pays it forward this year with a university scholarship program, held in ...

Funds grilled despite record returns

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021
... history of around 9%, with AustralianSuper enjoying a similar per annum return over its 15-year history. But that didn't stop the committee grilling the funds - particularly on the issue of members being signed up to digital publication The New Daily. ...

Superannuation complaints down 31%: AFCA

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2021
... AustralianSuper (1123 complaints to AFCA), Rest (708), Hostplus (404), AMP Super (367) and NAB's Nulis Nominees (320). Overall, the one-stop-shop for financial complaints received 70,510 complaints in the 12 months to June end. This was 12% lower than ...

Stop abusers hiding super: AIST

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2021
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) is calling on Parliament to ensure abusive partners cannot hide their super from domestic violence victims. In a submission, AIST supported the proposed Treasury Laws Amendment (Measures for ...

UK pension funds pushed to merge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
... He has also flagged that schemes with more than £5 billion will eventually be scrutinised. "It is not my intention to stop at £5 billion but given the present size of the UK market, this is the appropriate cut off- for now. I strongly encourage ...

Chief economist update: UK not there yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
Financial markets widely expected the Bank of England's (BOE) decision to keep current monetary policy settings unchanged at its June monetary policy committee meeting. "The MPC voted unanimously to maintain Bank Rate at 0.1%... and to maintain ...

AFA defends industry against Labor attack

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
... comments are "unfair and unreasonable and is doing too much damage to the financial advice profession. Enough is enough. It must stop." "The vast majority of financial advisers always work in the best interests of their clients. The entire profession ...

More super tax concessions on table

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021
... thinking about super and deserve to be protected from ending up chained to a dud fund. "The Senate can boost members savings and stop them ending up with too many super accounts by simply mandating workers can only be stapled to the best performing f ...

James Mawhinney files appeal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
Embattled Mayfair 101 founder James Mawhinney is maintaining his innocence, fighting his 20-year ban from soliciting and receiving funds in relation to financial products. Mawhinney has retained Roberts Gray Lawyers and has lodged an appeal with the ...

Chief economist update: Anchoring the recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
... heading in the right direction, she's "not suggesting that the pandemic emergency purchase program (PEPP) is going to stop on March 31 [2022]". Lagarde has improved on Draghi's "whatever it takes" to "however long it takes".