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Lost super campaigns have much further to go

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
Despite engagement campaigns by numerous super funds helping members unearth lost super, $13.5 billion across 1.289 million accounts still remains in limbo, according to figures released by Westpac. In its 2016 Westpac Lost Super Report, the bank said ...

Indigenous super event expands to Melbourne

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
First Nations Foundation has expanded its Big Super Day Out, an event which focuses on Indigenous superannuation, to Melbourne for the first time. The Big Super Day out is a free Indigenous community event designed to encourage First Australians to ...

ASIC and Singapore regulator sign co-op agreement

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
... innovation projects on the application of key technologies such as digital and mobile payments, blockchain and distributed ledgers, big data, and Application Programming Interfaces." ASIC chair Greg Medcraft added: "We recognised that innovation in financial ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2016
... at 64.8% in May. The latest jobs numbers indicate continued stability in the Australian labour market and the absence of a big surprise - up or down - provides no immediate implication for RBA monetary policy adjustment. US CPI inflation Headline consumer ...

PROFILE: Vanguard Australia managing director Colin Kelton

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
... personal perspective, however, Kelton says it was a much tougher decision. With a wife and two boys (aged 14 and 11) it was a big call to move halfway round the world. "After my wife and I had settled on the decision," he recalls, "we told our kids that ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
... for the 21st consecutive month, falling by 4.5% last month following a 5.1% decline in April. Japan industrial production Big deal. Final figures show that Japanese industrial production went up by 0.5% in the month of April -- up from the preliminary ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
... these are in its statement but the nearest one is the 23 June referendum on 'Brexit'. US consumer credit US consumers spent big in April - up 1.0% in the month of April (the fastest monthly rise since August 2009) after recording no growth in the previous ...

Midwinter launches online training portal

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
Midwinter has launched an online education portal which aims to provide advisers and their support with training on seven aspects of the AdviceOS financial planning software. The Midwinter Academy will allow users to access and undertake training from ...

Surveys show accumulation and retirement battle

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
Two superannuation industry surveys published this week have again reflected the difference between Australia's strong accumulation system and its problematic retirement models. Results from a Roy Morgan survey of more than 18,000 Australians with superannuation ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUN 2016
Australia ANZ job ads Continued improvement in the Australian labour market in the coming months. This is the indication from the ANZ's latest job advertisement tally. Total job ads increased by 2.4% - the fastest pace in eight months - 157,942 - the ...