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Chief economist update: The crash we have to have

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
Is this the stock market crash we have to have? The great reboot from the overvaluation in stock market prices prompted by cheap interest rates that punished savers and drove investors to go look where their capital could get higher returns? The global ...

QSuper member drags board to court, loses

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... a member of the Queensland Police Service. He resigned in December that year. He claimed to be suffering from major depression and was supported with a report from a psychiatrist. The QSuper trustee in August 2011 said Chapman was not totally and permanently ...

Chief economist update: Trump should read Frank

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... tit-for-tat lowering of tariffs around the world and expanded global trade, pulling America and the world out of the Great Depression of the 1930s. Trump's war cry of "Making America Great Again" by "beggaring his neighbours" would only end in tears... ...

Chief economist update: Greater than the Great Recession of 2008

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
... that this is a lose-lose proposition. The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act - enacted on 17 June 1930 (the time of the Great Depression) - increased the tariffs on US imports from 25.9% to 50%. What did this produce? Other countries imposed retaliatory tariffs ...

TAL hired private investigator to follow claimant: Royal Commission

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 13 SEP 2018
TAL went to great lengths to get out of paying insurance claims to a nurse which involved hiring a private investigator who followed her around the country, the Royal Commission heard today. Newly-appointed TAL general manager of claims Loraine van ...

Chief economist update: Famous last words

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
... Fisher's pronouncement), Wall Street crashed (collapsing by 11% at the opening bell) and was followed by the Great Depression of the 1930s. Like many others, I thought that this would never happen again, the world - governments and central banks ...

TAL partners with mental health NFP

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2018
... Remedy Healthcare offered free life coaching services to TAL customers on income protection claims associated with depression or anxiety. TAL Group chief executive and managing director Brett Clark said the partnership brings together two organisations ...

Chief economist update: Lessons from the last world trade war

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
... that it could disrupt supply chains in Southeast Asia. "I hope that this escalation could be rescinded. This is a matter of great concern for Japan." RBA Governor Philip Lowe: "It wouldn't take much for the financial markets combined with businesses ...

Mental health to transform life insurance: ANZ Wealth

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2018
... protection customers in partnership with Remedy Healthcare. Customers lodging income protection claims relating to depression or anxiety will be offered a Remedy Healthcare MindStep program, a phone-based, tailored and complementary support program. ...

Older Aussies failing to account for longevity risk

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
... respondents who demonstrated a greater propensity for vulnerability in later life, such as less assets, lower education and depression. "This also implies that those who support them are probably also those who have less ability to fund these at the ...