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Australians look to rebuild super: AMP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
... their superannuation balances as enquiries about COVID-19-related help ease, according to AMP. The May data from the AMP technical adviser support team show voluntary concessional and non-concessional super contributions were the most common topic dealt ...

Chief economist update: Australian Renaissance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... Encyclopaedia Britannica There's an air of optimism up and about in this "Lucky Country", for while it would not escape a technical recession -- Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg acknowledged as much after the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) ...

Life insurance salary guide for 2020

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... assessors make between $80,000 to $100,000, depending on experience, and senior claims assessors can make up to $120,000. Technical claims consultants make $120,000 to $135,000, dispute claims consultants make between $100,000 to $130,000 and rehabilitation ...

WAM responds to Keybridge claims

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... for the benefit of all KBC shareholders, an independent expert report would be required." WAM has applied to ASIC for technical relief in respect to its 6.9 cents per share offer as a result of the orders made in the proceedings. The corporate watchdog ...

What advisers need to know: BT

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
BT head of financial literacy and advocacy Bryan Ashenden has observed a significant increase in calls for technical support from financial advisers during the COVID-19 pandemic. "The level of queries and questions we were getting through from advisers ...

Chief economist update: Australian recession - the next generation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
... policy accommodation. So much so that, while the June quarter National Accounts will for sure and for certain confirm a technical recession in the domestic economy, Australia remains better than all the rest. Using the same metric - quarter on quarter ...

Wealth platform appoints technology lead

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
... the platform, she said. Done joins WealthO2 from London-based global payment provider WorldFirst, where he served as a technical principal in Sydney. Previously, he worked as a chief technology officer at FX hedging and payments company CurrencyVue ...

Industry flocks to JobKeeper handouts

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... Australian Taxation Office as at May 6. The industrymost in need of JobKeeper payments is professional, scientific and technical services with 107,333 enrolments accounting for nearly 15% of the total. The mining sector's revenues have proven the ...

SISFA relaunches membership to SMSF trustees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... time now SISFA's focus has been to build a network of likeminded professionals in the SMSF sector to stay informed of technical and policy issues and provide a forum for the exchange of ideas," SISFA managing director Michael Lorimer said. "While this ...

S&P kicks companies off ESG index

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
The S&P 500 ESG Index has completed its second annual rebalancing since it launched last year, with some surprising companies kicked out. Twitter and Walmart were dropped from the ESG index for failing to meet certain ESG standards while Facebook, which ...