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Chief economist update: Confidence unlocks Australia's virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
... activity. Not surprisingly both consumer and business confidence continued to go on the up and up. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer surged to a reading of 112 in December - up by 4.1% from November's read, 48% higher than the low ...

Super lifting retirees' financial wellbeing: HILDA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
... income inequality, the 2020 HILDA survey found. Research from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Institute found that the mean wealth of retirees grew by 79% and median wealth grew by 85.2% between 2002 and 2018. Non-retirees on the ...

Nasdaq proposes diversity rules

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
... to go," she said. "Australian firms are on the right track; the latest board diversity statistics by the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) show the percentages of female directors is 26% and 32.1% for the ASX All Ords and the ASX200, respectively." ...

New internal audit guide for finance sector

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... the boards and internal auditors of superannuation funds, banks and financial service providers has been released. The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) has released The Better Practice Guide, which was developed with the help of regulators APRA and ...

FPA appoints director

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
... chair at breakthru, Women in Banking and Finance, City West Housing and a non-executive director of Australian Property Institute and Modibodi. D'Ambra was previously chair of the Australian Shareholders' Association and a committee member of ASX Corporate ...

Charter Hall REIT adds director

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
... serves as a special advisor to the Property Male Champions of Change group and is a fellow of the Australian Property Institute. "We welcome Carmel to the CHWALE board and know that she will make a valuable contribution as CLW continues to execute on ...

Finance is least ethical sector: Governance Institute

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... improvement on an ethics index despite still receiving the lowest score of all sectors, new research shows. Governance Institute of Australia's fifth annual Ethics Index 2020 ranked the banking, finance and insurance industry at 18% with the lowest ...

End of the road for advice qualifications

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... level of knowledge and skills to that of the Australian Qualification Framework (AQF) level 6. According to the Monarch Institute, the paraplanning course was finalised in August 2020. Commenting, PwC's Skills for Australia said: "This qualification ...

SG rise no real benefit to women: Review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... long as gaps remain in earnings and workforce participation, the report states. But not everyone agrees. The Australian Institute for Superannuation Trustees said halting the increase to SG will see women, and low-income earners generally, suffer. "Low ...

Frydenberg unveils Retirement Income Review

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... on not to increase based on the economic facts at the time. Frydenberg took into account arguments from the Grattan Institute and the governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia to consider carefully the tradeoff in increasing SG and having less money ...