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ASIC slammed over SMSF data

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
... data, which was coming from a very reputable brethren agency in the Commonwealth and our responsibility is not to second guess it." Shipton went on to explain the SMSF fact sheet was a pilot program to explore the utility which ASIC has learnt from. ...

Chief economist update: Honey, COVID-19 got me sacked

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
With most of us, Australians all, only just emerging from isolation and many businesses still locked down or operating with limitations, the rising rate of unemployment - from 5.2% in March to 6.4% in April to 7.1% in May - doesn't surprise. In ...

Stop guessing games: AMP Capital

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... light of COVID-19's impact on markets, he is certain it is more important than ever to think long term. "Trying to second guess the short term is an impossible task and can tie investors up in knots," Steele said. "In the short term markets are driven ...

Chief economist update: Eurozone contraction heads from mild to severe

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
"I did my best But I guess, my best wasn't good enough..." - 'Just Once', James Ingram The European Central Bank (ECB) launched a new €750 billion asset purchase programme in March in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The following ...

FASEA unclear why advisers are quitting

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... However, he said they were stronger than last year - just 54 people joined the industry in 2019. "They are small numbers. I guess that's reflective of change in the industry until this point," Glenfield said. "We want to see a strong advice community. ...

Chief economist update: Border brawl

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... those with the most number of infections - New South Wales and Victoria - did not close their borders (nothing to lose I guess). Broadly, this spat boils down to what every government around the world is weighing - return to economic normality or risking ...

Challenger launches new retirement tool

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
... development for much of the last year - uses gamification to test retirees' perceived confidence, with users asked to guess when their super will run out. It then educates retirees on the different sources of retirement income, and demonstrates how ...

Trustee behaviour in a COVID-19 world

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... between recklessness or intentional disregard". "Where someone exaggerates the magnitude of the impact of COVID-19 or they guess because they have made no effort to validate the effects, this may suggest that their behaviour is somewhere between a failure ...

ME Bank saga could impact super funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... passed on the problem to its stakeholders. "If these customers suddenly can't access this money and they need $10,000. Guess where they're going to get that $10,000 from now?" Robertson said. "They're going to take it out of super. Instead ...

Aussie analysts share COVID-19 investment tips

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... US Federal Reserve to bolster asset prices, he said, but our health and fiscal responses have so far been superior. "My guess is that ultimately Australia will continue to be a strong economy with a strong market, but I think investing in the ASX has ...