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Increasing SG costly for middle Australia: Grattan

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
Lifting the Superannuation Guarantee will make middle-income earners poorer over their entire lifetime, new Grattan Institute research shows. Raising the SG from 9.5% to 12% would see a 30-year-old worker fork out $30,000 over their lifetime, Grattan ...

Downsizer contributions skyrocket

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
The superannuation industry has reaped an additional $1 billion since the downsizer contribution was introduced one year ago. More than 4200 individuals have used the downsizer measure, according to Federal Treasury figures. Older Australians living ...

Super fund appoints investment lead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
A former NAB Asset Management executive was appointed chief investment officer of a $250 million superannuation fund. Jason Hazell has joined Crescent Wealth as its new chief investment officer, bringing with him more than 20 years' experience in super ...

Super fund bolsters leadership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
A superannuation fund targeting ethical investors and millennials has announced two C-suite promotions. Future Super has a new chief operating officer in Leigh Dunlop, who has been promoted from her role as head of people and culture. Dunlop has been ...

Chief economist update: The turn in Australia's cycle from vicious to virtuous

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
"Such a feelin's comin' over me There is wonder in most everything I see..." - Karen Carpenter Not long now - just less than a percentage away (0.8% to be exact) - and the All Ordinaries index would top the all-time high of 6,853.57 points it ...

Open banking reforms a boon for fintech

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2019
With the new open banking regime now in effect, fintechs are set to reap the rewards of data sharing. As of July 1, the big banks are now required to share generic product data as part of the government's phased timeline for the introduction of open ...

Class expands executive line-up

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2019
Self-managed super administrator Class made a raft of additions to its executive leadership. In a quarterly update to the ASX today, Class revealed it made three senior appointments to fill its executive leadership team, enabling the firm to formulate ...

ASIC to offer AFSL relief to overseas firms

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2019
ASIC has opened consultation on its proposal to scrap the need for foreign providers of funds management services to professional investors to hold an Australian Financial Services Licence. The corporate regulator released consultation paper 315, which ...

Chief economist update: The back-to-back rate cuts Australia has to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
I have a confession to make, I was a closet "no RBA rate cut in July" speculator, going against the 'Big Four' banks and financial market expectations that it would... cut interest rates by another 25 bps at its July 2019 board meeting. So soon ...

MLC Super updates TPD cover, premiums

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
MLC Super has changed the way it assesses total and permanent disablement (TPD) claims for all working members from 1 July 2019. For members who have worked for 13 months before lodging a claim, MLC Super will determine if the member is unable to work ...