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Aussies don't need so much in retirement savings: SCA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2022
... pre-retiree couple only needs to save $402,000 by age 65 to achieve a joint annual income of $64,000 in retirement. The consumer body has developed new retirement income targets - one for pre-retirees and one for existing retirees - that it expects super ...

Breach reporting guidance released

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021
... proved to be significant breaches. ASIC deputy chair Karen Chester said: "Today's remediation tally reveals how much consumer harm these delays caused, and ultimately at great cost to those firms." "The new obligations will help firms identify and act ...

ASIC outlines corporate plan

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021
The corporate regulator will be focusing on economic recovery, reducing consumer harm, cyber security and industry compliance over the next four years in order to strengthen the financial system. ASIC's 2021-25 Corporate Plan focuses on economic recovery ...

Data to improve TPD outcomes: ASIC

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
... especially in relation to key claim events, maintain searchable and reportable data to proactively identify trends and manage consumer harm and use data to their approach to designing, marketing and distributing sustainable products. ASIC will follow ...

Chief economist update: The UK's going OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2021
... 1998. According to Markit: "Survey respondents widely commented on a post-lockdown bounce in business and consumer confidence, alongside higher output levels due to the phased reopening of customer-facing areas of the UK economy." The flash UK manufacturing ...

Chief economist update: Australians all let us rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... previous month but remains at elevated levels and way above its long-run average of +6. The continued surge in consumer confidence due to the labour market renaissance - suggests further improvement in business conditions and optimism. The Westpac-Melbourne ...

Chief economist update: RBA promises support over the next three years

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2021
... "is expected to continue, with above-trend growth this year and next" is affirmed by recent indicators - employment and consumer and business confidence, among others - and upgrades to the domestic economy's growth outlook by international agencies. ...

Chief economist update: Too much of a good thing could be a bad thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
Healthier consumers are happier consumers are spending consumers. US consumer confidence has rebounded to its highest level since the onset of the pandemic in America in March last year. This is hardly surprising with cases of coronavirus infections ...

Chief economist update: Australia's virtuous cycle keeps on turning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021
... Australia's virtuous cycle would keep on turning. For not only is the strong recovery in Australia's job markets boosting consumer and business confidence, it's also providing a positive impact on the government budget in terms of higher ...

The barriers to limited advice: Licensees

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2021
... by the Australian Financial Complaints Authority. "But any guidance that would give an adviser and the licensee more confidence that they can speak freely in a statement of advice, record of advice or a document, that's actually a separate issue," ...