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Chief economist update: Second waving, not drowning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... souring diplomatic and foreign relations with Beijing would play out - China has already advised its citizens not to tour and study in the land down under, in retaliation for the Morrison government's call for an inquiry into the beginnings of the ...

Trust in advisers wanes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
... an opportunity to profit by investing in capital markets, while just 57% of those without an adviser said the same. The study also found that the findings of the Royal Commission and the associated press coverage did not change investors' minds as ...

SG does wonders for households: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... superannuation, net saving is likely to be no less than 60 cents, and possibly much higher," the report reads. "The most oft-cited study estimates a net effect of 62 cents in the dollar." This suggests Australian households are saving a much higher proportion ...

Super fund members compensated

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... evidence of informed instructions to switch the clients out of MySuper." These breaches formed part of a Royal Commission case study, where Commissioner Hayne did not find any licensee breach on the evidence before Commission, Aon Australia said. The ...

Fintech acquires licensee

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
A fintech provider has acquired a financial services licensee, for an undisclosed sum. PictureWealth acquired NEO Financial Solutions, the licensee will now become a wholly owned subsidiary of PictureWealth. As at March 31, NEO was home to 83 financial ...

COVID-19 dampens retirement expectations: Study

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
New research has revealed the extent of the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the nation's retirees, with many now fearful for the future. In a survey of 1007 current and prospective retirees nationwide, Allianz Retire+ found that four ...

Life insurers fork out more for mental health

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... to return to work, according to new analysis. The latest edition of KPMG and the Financial Services Council's five year study on life insurance claims shows Australian life insurance companies are paying out record amounts in disability claims. Accidents ...

Which is the most important letter in ESG?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... outperformed companies with low ESG ratings and wanted to understand why. "The key question that we are addressing in the new study is what has been driving these results? Was it the E, the S, or the G?" Giese said. Governance was found to have the strongest ...

FASEA extension passes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... were experiencing a huge increase in workload dealing with client enquiries during the current market turmoil, which made study and exam sitting particularly difficult the constant threats to the extension being achieved this year added significant pressure." ...

ISA plays devil's advocate on SG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... near-complete pass-through to wages, with a 2.5% drop a direct result of the SG's legislated 2.5% increase to 12%. However his study, which analysed almost three decades of wage data from all public and private federal enterprise bargaining agreements ...