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Chief economist update: How do you solve a problem like Australia's housing?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
... for a piece of Australian soil. That or, like in Italy, they'll be forever living with my wife and I. Mama Mia! The problem is government initiatives to tame residential housing price growth are the same ones boosting housing price growth. Then again ...

HESTA managers improve on gender diversity

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
... see on charts, we've been quite transparent deliberately," she said. "We're not saying we've solved every problem. I think we're all still trying to make sure that we continue to think about this and drive it forward."

Advisers win annual renew law relief

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... financial services Royal Commission recommended the annual renewal obligations in a bid to stamp out the fee-for-no-service problem that plagued the advice industry. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) acting chief executive Phil Anderson said ...

LIC restructures to ETMF

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021
In a very rare move, a listed investment company has restructured to become an exchange traded managed fund - listing on the ASX today. The Monash Absolute Investment Company (MA1) has been restructured to become the Monash Absolute Active Trust (MAAT ...

Concern for consumers ahead of YFYS

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2021
After the Your Future, Your Super reforms were passed in the House of Representatives lawyers have expressed concern consumers may not understand the impact of the changes. Law firm Slater and Gordon warned that Australians could end up with less insurance ...

Potential small carve out for annual renewal law

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021
... during the transition year that covers a 12-month period up to the day immediately before the day the FDS is provided. The problem, the AFA said, is that advisers have only one day to issue an FDS. "We have been very adamant that it is simply not possible ...

Pendal to use Calastone order routing

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021
ASX-listed Pendal Group has signed up for Calastone's automated processing of fund orders via its order routing solution. Calastone said Pendal, which has $101.7 billion in assets, is now live on order routing and transfer. "Over the past 12 months ...

Magellan retirement product nears launch

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2021
... faced by many investors and the challenges faced by many investors and their advisers, particularly those dealing with the problem of establishing a retirement income...," Magellan chief executive Brett Cairns said. It is understood that the Magellan ...

Actuaries Institute unveils IDII recommendations

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2021
The Actuaries Institute has released sweeping recommendations to help fix the individual disability income insurance (IDII) sector that is currently at "risk of failure". The final recommendations follow a 12 month-review, led by an appointed Actuaries ...

Chief economist: The wages of slow wages growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021
... CPI's performance. Then again, rising consumer prices relative to wages growth could turn into "Houston, we have a problem". This is because rising consumer prices plus stagnant wages growth equals lower real wages equals reduced consumer spending. ...