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Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2016
... investment with the BOE even warning of risks to the economy - short term recession - if Britons vote to exit from the European Union on 23 June.

Financial planners improve standing in annual trust survey

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2016
... financial planners. The bottom five professions were car salesmen, advertising people, real estate agents, insurance brokers and union leaders. Also in the bottom half of the table were directors of public companies (18), business executives (19), newspaper ...

Royal Commission won't hit banks where it hurts

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
Labor's proposed $53 million Royal Commission won't change big bank behaviour like losing market share to smaller competitors would, according to the Customer Owned Banking Association. COBA chief executive Mark Degotardi argued in a statement that ...

Norwegian pension fund drops 52 coal companies

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
... of companies excluded is: Aboitiz Power Corp AES Corp/VA AES Gener SA ALLETE Inc Ameren Corp, including bonds issued by: Union Electric Co (d/b/a Ameren Missouri) American Electric Power Co Inc, including bonds issued by: Appalachian Power Co Indiana ...

Super governance at top of APRA agenda

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... "Although it did not refer any specific matters to APRA, similar issues were identified by the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption. We will therefore be reviewing more deeply - for a sample of funds across all industry segments ...

AMMA adds voice to superannuation choice

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2016
... agreement (EBA) are compelled to direct all superannuation contributions into an industry superannuation fund nominated by the union. Employees who are not members of the union or who did not vote for the agreement are included under the EBA conditions. ...

Gender pay gap worsening: ACTU

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2016
With International Women's Day around the corner the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) has renewed calls for the federal government to make gender inequality a priority. The ACTU's updated gender pay gap report shows 60% of women aged between ...

Energy Super appoints new board members

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2016
... experience in the energy and finance industries, having been chief executive and company secretary for Electricity Credit Union between 1973 and 2008. He was also the operations manager for the Far North Queensland Electricity Board for 29 years. Flanagan ...

Credit Union enters super through platform

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2016
Bankstown City Credit Union has become the latest mutual to use a shared superannuation platform, allowing them to enter the $2 trillion market and expand its product range. The credit union, which has about 5000 members, is now using Financial Synergy's ...

A "chilling" moment for the RBA

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 FEB 2016
... flows, a large drop of commodity prices, escalated geopolitical tensions, the shock of a potential UK exit from the European Union and a large and increasing number of refugees in some regions." Things we already know. What are they gonna do about it? ...