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UK regulator fined for pension failure

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
The UK's financial conduct regulator has been hit with a fine for failing to comply with requirements to include sufficient information in a chair's statement to members of its staff pension plan. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has been ...

Chief economist update: Australians all let's not rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... above 100 -- or where optimists outnumber pessimists. Consumer confidence influences households' inclination to spend, save and borrow. Further RBA rate reductions is a double-edge sword - improving sentiment through it wealth effect on rising equity ...

Chief economist update: More from Morrison

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
... the Budget, are now looked at with cynicism - that of winning the next election. Morrison didn't stitch it in time to save nine. No forethought, just the myopic view of getting that surplus and bragging about it in the hope of winning the next elections. ...

DIY SMSF platform launched

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
... DIY Super Online (DIYSOL) was developed by accountant and SMSF trustee Jeff Bain who said the application was designed to save trustees money on accounting fees. "It makes no sense for people running a super fund to pay an accountant - sometimes well ...

Chief economist update: Aussie Black Friday spend will end Saturday

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
... rates, the Morrison government's increased spending and the wealth effect from rising property and stock market prices to save or reduce their indebtedness.

Who is really using the LISTO?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
... 25 and 33. The offset allows people to access a government super payment of up to $500 a year to help low-income earners save for retirement. The research found women between the ages of 18 and 54 were twice as likely to receive the low-income super ...

Time-poor advisers to embrace model portfolios

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2019
... "Outsourcing some aspects of investment management such as using model portfolios, increases operational efficiency and can save advisers time," Williams said. Williams said that while employing model portfolios might concern advisers determined to deliver ...

Use 401k to pay student debts: US senator

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019
... retirement savings. The HELPER Act is, according to Paul, designed to help Americans pay off student loan debt more quickly and save more money for retirement. The HELPER Act will allow US citizens to take up to $5250 from a 401(K) or IRA, tax and penalty ...

Chief economist update: A penny saved, a penny not earned by the economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 DEC 2019
... debt. Worse, the more the RBA provides monetary accommodation, the more anxious we, Australians all, become, the more we save for that "rainy day". That increased saving, in turn, sets off (or has already) a vicious circle of weak consumer spending ...

Chief economist update: Australian economy gently turning which way?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2019
Australia's economic growth accelerated to 1.7% in the year to the September quarter from 1.6% in the June quarter, justifying Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Philip Lowe's oft-repeated claim that, "the Australian economy appears to ...