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Paying women more super not the answer

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
... Riegelhuth said she found it ridiculous that every single person in Australia will have a super fund "yet we don't get taught anything about it at school." "I think our industry and potentially the accounting industry has something to answer to as well ...

Did ECB under-deliver or markets over-expect?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
... higher than even before Draghi uttered his December promise. The decision: the repo rate unchanged at 0.05% (can't do anything about this anyway); the deposit rate cut to minus 0.3% (markets expected a cut to minus 0.4%) from minus 0.2%; asset purchase ...

Life insurance claims revamped at industry fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
... cut down processing delays. It goes without saying that claims are made during a difficult time in peoples' lives so anything we can do to improve the experience for members is going to be welcome," Phillips said. Sunsuper manager member benefits Amalie ...

The Fed could get it wrong

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
"If anything can go wrong, it will." - Murphy's Law No Virginia, I'm not feeling particularly glum and gloomy today just putting my shoe on the other put and wondering what if the Fed gets it wrong? The timing of the lift-off, that is. The financial ...

FEATURE: The great race to invest

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
... to be throwing large sums of money into the market. We have been working towards preserving their money, rather than anything else." This has involved "a lot of education and a lot of handholding." For example, he recommended a client to allocate about ...

No December lift off? Small chance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
Lift off here we come! Although there weren't anything we already did not know, last night's release of the Fed's 27-28 October FOMC meeting minutes reminded you, I and Irene that December is still live. Although the statements were rather qualified ...

Treasurer open to all ideas on super

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2015
... life. Speaking on Sydney radio yesterday, Morrison reaffirmed the federal government's position that they "are not ruling anything in or out on superannuation." "We are having a good look at it and one of the key issues that has been fed back to us which ...

China should have hardlanded

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2015
... stronger-than-guessed 10.9% in the year to September - the fastest pace in nine months -- from 10.8% the month before. If there's anything to be disappointed about, it's the fact that China's economy has not deteriorated enough that it sparks an immediate ...

PROFILE: Blue Sky managing director Mark Sowerby

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... back on the boat heading back to England. There was no euphoria, there was no joyful moment, no moment of achievement or anything like that. It was just relief; pure relief. I was so thankful it was over." Even after nine years at the helm of Blue Sky ...

NIRP before lift-off?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2015
The FOMC minutes are out! But they didn't add to anything we already know now immediately after the 16-17 September meet: "Most participants continued to anticipate that, based on their assessment of current economic conditions and their outlook for ...