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Retirement income review must focus on women: KPMG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2020
... attention on the retirement phase," Maroney said. "Cohort analysis on the SMSF sector will help derive information and improvements for the broader retirement income system and those individuals who have yet to start retirement." Maroney said the review ...

Chief economist update: Steady as it was, steady it will be

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
... percent in 2019 to 1.3 percent in 2020 (a downward revision of 0.1 percentage point) and 1.4 percent in 2021. Projected improvements in external demand support the anticipated firming of growth," according to the IMF. This is not so different from Lagarde's ...

Technology to transform coming decades

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... Medical nanobots will be able to extend the immune system leading to longer and healthier lives." These biological improvements will disrupt the insurance and superannuation industries. "Current superannuation and insurance business models will no longer ...

The ingredients of a successful fund manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... performance. To delight of smaller boutique shops, it decided the two don't correlate. "As such, we believe technological improvements, such as video conferencing, the rapid dissemination of information, and the ease of travel has significantly improved ...

2020: Year of the fragile economy

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
... of debt accumulation shows that these waves tend to have unhappy endings. In a fragile global environment, policy improvements are critical to minimise the risks associated with the current debt wave." Productivity slowdown also underlies the fragile ...

Modest but meaningful growth on the horizon: Aviva

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JAN 2020
... strategy and chief economist, believes that in general, an improving outlook for risk assets is expected. "Modest improvements in both the growth outlook and risk sentiment have encouraged us to take a more positive view on risk assets," Grady said. ...

NULIS satisfies ASIC requirements

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2019
... NULIS' compliance and risk management practices across its retail and wrap super funds. The recommendations covered improvements to NULIS's governance and reporting lines, product redesign, training, risk management and management of conflicts of interest. ...

ASIC urges improved insurance outcomes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019
... part but full implementation is not due for completion until 30 June 2021. In the report, ASIC observed that some improvements in practices are being introduced as a result of a significant number of trustees adopting the Code. However, further work ...

Super fund appoints GM

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019
... in technology and data to continue building outstanding customer service for our members." Hubbard said the fund's improvements in technology would see it become a more agile organisation, noting the impact of implementing a new cloud foundation, which ...

APRA slaps extra conditions on Avanteos

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
... company CBA revealed the additional license conditions relate to the identification and implementation of "further improvements required to governance or internal controls" to comprehensibly address the issues that led Aventeos to continue deducting ...