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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 ...

Equities not that expensive: Hamish Douglass

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2020
US stocks are not expensive, despite their stretched valuations. In fact, it's all just a matter of "gravity" or the historically low interest rate environment, according to Magellan's Hamish Douglass. Speaking to a near-full crowd at the firm's ...

Take pride in super: Rice Warner

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
... savings, or cannibalises existing savings. According to Rice Warner, the debate needs to be split into two questions. "Do people save more of their annual income given the mandatory requirement to contribute to superannuation, or do SG contributions ...

Government moves to cut work test

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
... reflects the Morrison Government's ongoing commitment to ensuring all Australians have additional flexibility in how they save as they transition to retirement," Hume said. "The Coalition understands the realities of the modern workplace. Work patterns ...

Evans Dixon slashes staff

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
... business, 20% of its Australian funds management business and 47% of its US team in funds management. The staff cuts are set to save the wealth manager approximately $12 million. Net revenue was down 7% for the half, thanks to reduced contributions from ...

ISA takes swipe at Grattan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
... to replace their pre-retirement living standard. "Compulsory super shouldn't rise because that would force Australians to save for a higher living standard in retirement than they have while working," he said. ISA also said inequalities in the labour ...

SG increase will hurt women: NFAW

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
The National Foundation for Australian Women (NFAW) said increasing the super guarantee will hurt women and the age pension should remain a strong element of the retirement income system. In its submission to the Treasury the NFAW said the superannuation ...

Chief economist update: Working nine to five, barely getting by

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
... rates, the greater the sense that "something's really, truly wrong with the economy" among households - prompting them to save even more and spend less, least of all thinking of borrowing even at zero interest rates. It's now up to the myopic ...

Value disconnect damages adviser relationships

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... investors, emotions can be our own worst enemy, especially when the markets are volatile, and guidance from a behavioral coach can save us from panic selling and abandoning long-term financial plans," Morningstar said. The report surveyed 693 individual ...

Super chief opposes SG increase

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... Baird said. "While compulsory superannuation can work well for 60% of the population, there are many people who will not save enough through this scheme to contribute in a meaningful way...This makes Government-funded age pension an important safety ...