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Industry Super Australia attacks Future Fund concept

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... 10.7%. ISA said its insight comes in response to widespread speculation the Future Fund could be opened up to more Australians as a default superannuation fund. ISA chief executive Bernie Dean said Australians defaulted into the Future Fund would be ...

Most clients coping with financial stress: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... secure. No clients were reported to be highly stressed about their finances. A recent AMP study found 2.44 million Australians are experiencing financial stress. This leads to workers taking about 2.5 extra sick days a year and $31.1 billion in lost ...

Chief economist update: Trump trumps Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
It appeared that not only us, Australians all, were celebrating Australia Day on January 26. Our American brethren were too... but for a different reason. The Dow rose by 0.7% on the day (January 25 in New York); the S&P 500 increased 0.8% and the Nasdaq ...

Australia Day: How the barbecue has changed

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
Over the past 20 years, Australians have increasingly paid more for their meat at Australia Day barbecues. They're also more conscious about drinking alcohol to excess and should eat fruit salad. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said sausages ...

Chief economist update: Bring on Aussie dollar depreciation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
... encouraging Aussies to buy "Made in Australia". Sure, there go our overseas holidays as the cheap A$ would force us, Australians all, to spend our "hard-earned" at home. No more bed and breakfast at Tiffany's on a balmy Manhattan morning summer. ...

Australia still low on trust barometer

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2019
Australians are reporting an increased trust in their institutions to do "what is right" since last year but overall levels still remain low, according the 2019 Edelman Trust Barometer. On an average, 40% of Australia's general population trusted ...

Australian Ethical adds operations lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2019
... Ethical proves profit can come with the pursuit of a higher purpose and we are finding that the growing number of Australians who want to see their money do good are actively seeking us out as having the highest ethical conviction of any responsible ...

Industry funds dominate member satisfaction

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
Only two retail super funds made the top 10 in a Roy Morgan list that measured how satisfied members felt with their fund's financial performance. The two retail funds to make the list were Asgard and Macquarie and they were below the average satisfaction ...

LICs defy franking credit refund changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
... and operating well for 18 years, and any change that passes only create an uneven playing field and disincentivise Australians to build to their own SMSFs. He believes the proposal will likely significantly impact investors in the LICs who are low-income ...

Ethical investments top mandate appointments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2019
An analysis of the 273 mandate appointments in the year to September 2018 demonstrates the rise of ethical investing. Rainmaker analysis shows ethical or responsible investments were the fastest growing asset class in the 12-month period. Allocations ...