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Increasing SG costly for middle Australia: Grattan

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
Lifting the Superannuation Guarantee will make middle-income earners poorer over their entire lifetime, new Grattan Institute research shows. Raising the SG from 9.5% to 12% would see a 30-year-old worker fork out $30,000 over their lifetime, Grattan ...

Chief economist update: Currency manipulators beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2019
"China and Europe playing big currency manipulation game and pumping money into their system in order to compete with USA. We should MATCH, or continue being the dummies who sit back and politely watch as other countries continue to play their games ...

Chief economist update: ECB exit proves premature

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
... identified three areas of core concern for the eurozone: The materialisation of downside risks to economic growth could spark greater financial market volatility. Persistent downside risks to growth emphasising the need to strengthen the balance sheets ...

Former Vanguard broking and wealth expert joins Bell Direct

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
A former iShares and Vanguard broking and private client adviser expert has joined Bell Direct as head of sales and marketing. Tim Sparks was appointed in the newly-created position, responsible for leading the sales and marketing function across Bell ...

Major advice licensee in possible best interest breach

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2019
Extra conditions have been placed on the AFSL of one of Australia's biggest financial advice licensees following an investigation sparked by phenomenal growth in adviser numbers in just six months. SMSF Advisers Network has had additional licence ...

JPMorgan portfolio manager leaves

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
A portfolio manager at a $460 million JPMorgan strategy has left, sparking a review of the strategy at Morningstar. The JPMorgan Global Macro Opportunities Fund has been managed by James Elliot and Shrenick Shah since they co-created the strategy in ...

Aussies find $860m in lost super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 8 FEB 2019
... to tidy up your superannuation," Whyte said. "Seeing the extra money in your consolidated superannuation will definitely spark joy." Despite the improvement, there are still billions of dollars of retirement savings that remained unclaimed. "There is ...

No-deal Brexit sparks mixed reaction: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
Financial Standard's latest survey shows the financial services sector is grappling with the effects the upcoming Brexit deal will have on the industry. On the back of UK Prime Minister Theresa May's historic defeat of her proposed exit strategy ...

Bonds reward equity investors seeking refuge

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
Investors who firmly believe that fixed income is a safety net in times of market volatility - and followed through by ditching equities - have been well-rewarded for their efforts. Investors in Australia who switched to bonds at the end of October ...

Royal Commission sparks risk book sell-off

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2018
Financial planners with smaller risk insurance books are looking to offload them now, save waiting for Commissioner Kenneth Hayne's final report. According to Radar Results, there has been a jump in the number of planners looking to sell risk books ...