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Japanese insurer gets Treasury tick to up Challenger stake

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
... believe the impairment loss is equivalent to goodwill because we intend to make it an affiliate in the future. We think anything that corresponds to impairment of goodwill will be excluded from Group Adjusted Profit."

Cull flat fees for small pensions: Report

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
... it said. It cited the example of a dormant pot of £300. If it returned 5% annually for 40 years, its value could be anything from £1720 to £0 depending on the fee charging structure. UK funds currently follow an annual charge cap of 0.75% for DC schemes ...

Government reduces deeming rates

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
... higher rate will reduce from 3.25% to 3%. Previously, the first $51,800 of financial assets incur a deemed rate of 1.75% (anything thereafter attracts the 3.25% rate) for singles. For couples with at least one person receiving a pension, the first $86,200 ...

Much review about nothing

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
... income system as recommended by the Productivity Commission." However the former AustralianSuper staffer failed to reveal anything further, leaving many in the industry with doubts as to the review's purpose and potential impact. Recently appointed ...

Clime ramps up private wealth

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
... superannuation funds take their investments in-house. We are looking at a few potential acquisition options but don't have anything definitive as yet," he said. The ASX-listed business has about $10 million on its balance sheet and is willing to ...

Culture isn't everything: ASIC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2019
... ASIC veteran said he was also concerned with companies who focus on short-term financial results "to the exclusion of anything else", noting APRA's prudential report into the Commonwealth Bank documented the dangers of using such a lens to evaluate performance. ...

More Australians retire with big mortgages

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
... that off as quickly as possible and enter retirement debt free. That could have in part been because people didn't have anything else to fall back on. They didn't have other assets." Wood warned that the Netherlands has a similar retirement system Australia's ...

SG below 10% fails super objective

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
... between 15% and 20%, the researcher said Australia's predicament ensured the SG could be less than 15%, but it insisted anything below 10% would not be enough. "A higher level will provide a more comfortable lifestyle for a greater number of retirees. ...

Chief economist update: The Budget surplus can wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2019
"Anything that could go wrong will go wrong." - Murphy's law. It seems like it for us, Australians all. The latest (although dated) GDP growth figures showed that domestic economic growth slowed to its slowest pace in a decade (in the midst of the ...

Super figures point to NSW victory

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2019
If superannuation performance figures mean anything in the world of rugby league, the Blues will win the Origin opener tonight. Just hours before the Blues and Maroons begin the annual battle for rugby league supremacy at Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium ...