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RIR reveals bleak financial upside for disabled people

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
... pension reducing inequality for disabled people, the Retirement Income Review did question whether means testing is going far enough. People who are blind are not means tested for the age pension or disability support pension. In 1954, the means test ...

Westpac enters into court enforceable undertaking

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
... should be a leader in risk management. Although the bank has made progress in some areas over the past year, it is not good enough," Lonsdale said. "APRA's concerns have been communicated directly to the board and senior management with the clear ...

Dollarmites faces more backlash

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
... with terms and conditions adults would have trouble keeping track of," she said. "There are penalties if you don't deposit enough, there are penalties if you save too much. Some accounts simply stop existing when you hit high school." RateCity.com.au ...

Chief economist update: The virus, the vaccine and Trump

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... they still will. In addition, there's still the question of whether a less than draconian national lockdown would be enough to turn the rates of infections and deaths around. Get up on the right side of the bed - which could be the left side - and ...

Insurance in super is confusing: Consumers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... the respondents used the word 'advice', many said their reason for contacting their fund was to find whether they had "enough" insurance cover, whether they should have two of the same policy or how much cover they should have. These are the members ...

Household capital remains key: RIR

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... retirement today only started to accrue three percent superannuation halfway through their working lives - it's simply not enough to fund more than 25 years in retirement," Funder said. "Available home equity can double the amount of their superannuation ...

Treasury expected to release retirement review

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... revamped heat maps test announced at the budget. Grattan has previously flagged it expects the review to find Australians have enough retirement income already and hence, a case for increasing SG doesn't exist. It also said it expects tax breaks ...

Financial adviser reference checks under scrutiny

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... one of the recommendations to come out of the Royal Commission. During the inquiry it was found licensees were not doing enough to communicate with each other on the background of advisers they were employing. The Financial Sector Reform (Hayne Royal ...

COVID-19 to remain dominant in 2021

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... its Global Market Outlook, however said the market sell-off seen at the start of this year proved diversification is not enough. "Politics and the coronavirus pandemic continue to be the dominant themes in markets; the resulting sell-off in the early ...

Chief economist update: Japan's third wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... as possible and spending would be geared on measures "that will attract private investment". It couldn't come soon enough. For despite rebounding from multi-year lows in recent months, the Markit/Nikkei PMI surveys show that private sector activity ...