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Advisers divided on mixing advice: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
... client and show that you're not interested in them, then you deserve to be disrupted by robo-advice." Financial Standard's weekly spot poll this week asks about crypto-currency.

BEAR should apply to insurance bosses: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... arising that would adversely affect the bank's reputation or hurt its customers," Morrison said The latest Financial Standard weekly readership survey asks if APRA should have greater intervening powers in superannuation.

Go ahead BOE, make my day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2017
... had been negative since February this year as inflation accelerated faster than growth in nominal wages. Nominal average weekly earnings growth (2.1% in July) need to increase at the same 3% rate of headline CPI inflation just to keep up and maintain ...

Super changes increasing adviser workload: Financial Standard poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
... Advisers' workload has somewhat increased since the superannuation changes took effect on July 1, Financial Standard's weekly poll reveals. Forty-four per cent of advisers are carrying a heavier workload, while one-in-five (19%) are still grappling with ...

Industry sentiment mixed: ETF spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
... exchange-traded funds are playing in potentially distorting share prices and causing bubbles, according to Financial Standard's weekly poll. Twenty per cent of respondents strongly agreed the inflow to ETFs was creating bubbles and overinflated share ...

Pensioners to pay less at industry fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2017
... 30 September. Sunsuper members with an income account will now pay $1 less per week, with the $46 billion fund dropping weekly pension fees from $4 to $3. The reduction is part of Sunsuper's strategy to maintain low costs and remain competitive, according ...

Merger leads to fee cuts at Equip Super

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2017
... The merger with the Rio Tinto Staff Superannuation Fund, Equip continued, has provided sufficient scale to cut the fund's weekly administration fee for accumulation accounts from $1.50 to $1.25. Its asset-based administration fee has also been reduced ...

To opt in or out of life insurance: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 OCT 2017
... prevent the growing problem of employees owning multiple super funds and life insurance policies. The new Financial Standard weekly readership survey asks: Are ETFs distorting share prices and leading to bubbles?

Low-flation becoming less transitory?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 14 AUG 2017
... are lagging - up 3.5% in the year to June to 5.356 million. Yet these aren't putting upward pressure on wages. Average weekly earnings grew by 2.8% in the year to July (unchanged from June) - far below what the current unemployment rate implies. For ...

No follow through

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2017
... referendum. All good... except for wages. For despite low levels of unemployment, wages growth remains sluggish. Average weekly earnings excluding bonuses grew by 2.0% in the year to May. This translates to negative real wage growth whatever measure ...