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Choice outweighs balance for women

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
... "sadly the fastest growing demographic" among the homeless population in Australia. According to Homelessness Australia statistics, there were more than 116,400 people experiencing homelessness in 2016 - about 42% were female. Sakellaris said the choices ...

Up close and personal: Women in financial services

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
... chose to major in econometrics - the branch of economics specifically concerned with mathematical methods, particularly statistics. "I really loved numbers but - oddly enough - when I graduated I just couldn't actually envision life as an econometrician," ...

Australia in effective recession: Academic

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
... already in effective recession, according to the University of New South Wales. Yesterday, the Australian Bureau of Statistics posted a 0.2% growth in gross domestic product for the three months to December 2018. Consumer spending grew at 0.4% in the ...

Chief economist update: Cash rate should be 1%

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
The Australian economy has slowed - big time. The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) National Accounts report showed that GDP grew by a mere 0.2% in the December 2018 quarter from 0.3% in the previous three-month period, taking the annual growth ...

ASIC releases AFSL approval data

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2019
... ASIC considered last financial year, 758 were approved. Close to 200 AFSLs were cancelled in the same period. Latest statistics from ASIC show that of the 758 approvals, 303 comprised of new licences and 455 were licence variations. However, 59% were ...

'Best in show' a no go: KPMG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
... worthy of note," the report reads. This will likely be helped along by individual member movements, with latest APRA statistics showing the shift in assets across super funds over the last 12 months. Data for the December 2018 quarter shows assets held ...

New reforms to smash major super funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
... impacted by the changes if legislated. The top 10 is rounded out by MLC Super, Commonwealth Bank and Cbus, based on APRA statistics for the September 2018 quarter. Rainmaker executive director of research Alex Dunnin said if successful, the reforms are ...

Chief economist update: Nerves of steel

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2019
... point, it's looking dicey. His revised forecast (from no change this year) came just after the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released its "Labour Force, Australia" report that showed: Total employment grew by a greater-than-expected 39,100 ...

Chief economist update: Cut it, cut it now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 FEB 2019
... aside, the latest update on Australian wages compels the RBA to provide some policy support. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported that wages growth remained unchanged at 2.3% in the year to the December quarter from the previous one. Taken ...

Advisers question value of best interests duty

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
... partnership with the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), and it interviewed more than 300 advisers. Although the statistics above paint one picture, survey responses indicated the formal structure of the compliance regime has given advisers greater ...