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Australia narrowly avoids 0.9% GDP blow: KPMG

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... panic scenario". "Despite evidence of households engaging in stockpiling behaviour that appears irrational and the recent heavy falls in financial markets, we believe the probability of the pandemic resulting in a full-blown panic scenario remains low," ...

AustralianSuper SG modelling paints dismal picture

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
... potentially totally reliant on the government age pension in retirement if not compelled to save in a mandatory system. A heavy burden on future taxpayers in an ageing population scenario," it said. The results were published as a part of AustralianSuper's ...

Industry fund publicly shames investment adviser

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2019
... of employees at XPO warehouses first surfaced when the New York Times uncovered several instances of pregnant women doing heavy lifting in warehouses and subsequently miscarrying. This year, the company has been battling a class action from workers in ...

Chief economist update: A penny saved, a penny not earned by the economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019
... structures and staff, that'll lead to higher unemployment, weaker consumer spending... Weak consumer spending also leads to heavy discounting as businesses try to preserve their market share. In turn, putting downward pressure on inflation and inflation ...

Life insurers lost $3.4b over five years: APRA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
... Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has launched an intervention into the life insurance market in response to ongoing heavy losses in respect of individual disability income insurance. The regulator announced a series of measures, including capital ...

Planners heed SMSF risk warning

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
... number of developments, including trustees updating their investment strategy documentation; additional trustee minutes where heavy asset concentration exists within the fund; and auditors increasing their level of activity around investment strategies ...

Grandfathering phase out tussle continues

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019
... said. The AIOFP is mounting a High Court challenge against the banning of grandfathered remuneration. "We think it is too heavy handed to be shutting down grandfathered revenue over 12 months out from the legislated date and want to remind everyone that ...

Ethics code creates confusion around ESG

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
... Funds Management recently launched new separately managed accounts which screen out investments in oil, tobacco, weapons, heavy polluters, gambling and coal. Portfolio manager and head of research Luke Price explained the SMAs are designed to meet the ...

Adviser scammed family, friends

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019
... purchased high-yield promissory notes and were promised 20% every 60 days. In reality, Amongst Friends Investment Group incurred heavy losses trading securities and concealed those losses by using new investor funds to pay old investors and issuing false ...

No room for policy mistakes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2019
In its world economic update for October, the International Monetary Fund said that the global economy is in a synchronised slowdown. Growth for 2019 was downgraded again to 3%, its slowest pace since the global financial crisis. "This is a serious ...