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Chief economist update: The virus, the vaccine and Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... date. But to be fair, worldometer.info ranks America number 12 when measured in total cases per one million of the population - one and two rankings better than San Marino and Aruba, respectively. The website also show the US not doing that bad in terms ...

Retirement income failing Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander people

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... Islander women had balances 50% lower, $19,000 as opposed to $38,000. And, those figures do not capture the portion of the population that does not have any super at all. Only 58% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women have a super account (83% ...

Treasury expected to release retirement review

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... retirement income system supports retirees, the role of each pillar in retirement, distributional impacts across the population and over time, and the impact of current policy settings on public finances. It was handed down to the Treasury on July 24 ...

Elanor sells mall for $130m

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
The Elanor Retail Property Fund (ERF) has sold a retail property for $129.5 million to SCA Property Group, which is nearly double of its purchase price from five years ago. ERF sold 100% of its interest in Auburn Central, a shopping mall in Western ...

Fintechs to merge

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... Bond platform responsible for the secure interaction of tax and super data for over 15% of Australia's working population. It powers digital platforms for a government super fund, a profit-for-member super fund and a retail super fund helping their ...

Fund managers' ESG beef

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... in the 'antibiotics use' category. "A lack of awareness of these risks poses a threat to profits, our planet and the population, so a transition to a more sustainable food system is more urgent than ever." COVID-19 did nothing to help the ESG risks associated ...

RBA measures not solely due to COVID: Treasury

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
... is not settled on the relative importance of different structural drivers, it is likely due to some combination of population ageing, the productivity slowdown and lower preferences for risk among investors," Kennedy said. "A number of central banks ...

Fastest-growing AFSLs in the country

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020
New research from Rainmaker Information shows which licensees added the most advisers in the 12 months to September end. And which AFSLs have the biggest market share. Overall, there were 19,357 advisers attached to an AFSL at September end, down 2597 ...

Tasmania remains best performing state: CommSec

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2020
... indicators, including economic growth, retail spending, equipment investment, unemployment, construction work done, population growth, housing finance and dwelling commencements. Tasmania ranked first on relative population growth, equipment investment ...

A new model is coming: Licensees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... broached was the exodus of advisers. "The reality is as an industry we haven't grown... in terms of the percentage of the population engaging with us it hasn't changed," Whereat said. Only one in five Australians access advice, he said, and that statistic ...