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FS has you covered in 2017

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
Financial Standard attended all the major industry conferences this year to keep you informed. Chief Economists Forum It may well be Rainmaker's 25th anniversary in 2017, but this year also marked the anniversary of several historic and global economic ...

AustralianSuper launches insurance-free product

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2017
AustralianSuper has launched a new product that will combat superannuation account balances eroding from insurance premiums. Super Only protects short-term workers' accounts employed under the Supported Employment Services Award. Disability supported ...

Super SA appoints new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2017
Super SA is welcoming a new chief executive, joining from an $8 billion industry superannuation fund. The super provider for South Australia's public sector has appointed Dascia Bennett to lead the fund. Bennett was most recently head of customer at ...

Ho ho hum MYEFO

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2017
... 'Control magazine" says, "It is often said there are two types of forecasts... lucky or wrong!" The Treasurer (and us, Australians all) better hope we get lucky.

Adviser group edges on triple digits with new business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017
... businesses, carefully selected based on mutual values, beliefs and aspirations when it comes to providing advice to Australians," she said. She added that herself and the Madison team is looking forward to celebrating Christmas before entering 2018 ...

Jobs, jobs, jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017
Australians all let us rejoice and have ourselves a merry little Christmas! The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) Labour Force report shows a sharp jump in employment in November no matter how it's measured. Look at the seasonally adjusted estimates ...

Down, down business conditions are down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 DEC 2017
... conditions were nearly this lovely (+20 in July 2007), the official cash rate was at 6.5%... and rising. That's because us, Australians all, were feeling the love: consumer confidence was at 120.8 in July 2007 compared with 101.4 in October 2017; retail ...

Former AustralianSuper risk head joins AIA ahead of CommInsure acquisition

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2017
AustralianSuper's former head of investment performance, risk and exposure management has joined AIA Australia ahead of its expected CommInsure acquisition in 2018. AIA told Financial Standard that Daniel Craine has joined the insurer in a "project ...

Group insurance awareness encouraging: MetLife

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 DEC 2017
A new MetLife survey reveals almost 75% of working Australians are aware they have insurance within their superannuation and have actually reviewed it. The life insurer surveyed more than 1500 employees aged between 18 and 64-years-old, aiming to understand ...

Not all heroes wear capes

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2017
... could have an extra $25,000 in savings by retirement if they closed down their duplicate super accounts, it's time Australians had a breakfast themed 'super' hero." To put a stop to the issue of duplicate accounts, CADO chats to millennials about the ...