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Advice too pricey for poor Australians

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
... retirement, so instead of being worried and fearful, people should feel motivated and empowered to take the little steps that make a big difference."

Wealth begins its blockchain reaction

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
... to its corporate and institutional banking division and this includes building out blockchain, artificial intelligence and big data capabilities. The ASX approach to replacing CHESS using blockchain technology has been a collaborative knowledge-based ...

Crisis emerging in Australian retirement system: HILDA

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2017
... think we do need a more equal treatment of income in the tax system," he said. While young Australians were the key focus, the big divide between men and women in retirement is also causing alarm, with men having almost double the superannuation of women ...

Aussie banks cleared of Wells Fargo-type conduct

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2017
... illegal opening of accounts as seen at international firm Wells Fargo. The audits, undertaken by ASIC in December 2016 of the big four plus BOQ, Citibank, HSBC and Suncorp, found no evidence of misconduct in the banks' sales practices, and confirmed ...

Australian businesses lift borrowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2017
Signaling a reorientation in Australia's credit markets, the RBA Financial Aggregates report for June shows that business borrowing has surged relative to home borrowings even as home borrowing still dominates credit markets. According to the RBA total ...

SQM rolls out low-cost adviser platform

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 31 JUL 2017
... property risk profiling. "Our expanded analytics platform puts SQM Research on a level playing field with its peers - with one big advantage - our service is significantly more cost effective and includes residential property research, equities data ...

Direct life insurance review underway: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2017
... culture of direct life insurers as well as the role intermediaries play in the sales process. Saadat warned this is a "very big project" aiming to understand where good practices exist and will ultimately lead to better consumer outcomes. A number of ...

Exposing the hidden risks of cash

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
... 65x P/E, banks derive a substantial amount of profit from real estate debt and 60% of Australian direct shares are in the big four banks. "That's not well-diversified," he said. Ultimately, though, he argued that "a mix of equities and some cash presents ...

Inflation matters

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUL 2017
... security declines again in July, while pay growth remains only marginal. Not only that, "Consumer aversion to spending on big-ticket items (such as cars, holidays and large appliances), appears to have been magnified by upward pressures on household ...

Industry funds sign off on $45 billion merger

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2017
Industry superannuation funds Kinetic Super and Sunsuper signed a Successor Fund Transfer deed, authorising a merger of the two funds. The process, which began in April this year, sees the merged entity become one of the nation's biggest superannuation ...