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Pandemic delays retirement plans

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
... low-income earners, and the increased likelihood of younger people and minorities dipping into their savings during uncertain times. "Sixty-three percent of Black/African Americans and 53% of Hispanic respondents had to access their savings to pay for ...

Cbus invests in NHFIC issues

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
... supported disability accommodation across sites in Melbourne. The raise, which closed on May 28, closed at $343 million was two times oversubscribed, according to NHFIC. The sustainability bond is AAA-rated, government-guaranteed and offered investors ...

Lifespan appoints investment expert

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
... Australia's most experienced MDA operators, having offered MDAs to advisers and their clients for more than 15 years. Recent times have clearly highlighted the benefits of managed accounts to advice businesses and advisers, particularly when it comes ...

Chief economist update: It's raining jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
... increased by around 84,000 people, and was 1% higher in May 2021 than at the start of the pandemic." This is more than three times market expectations for a still not insignificant addition of 30,000 and disproving earlier apprehensions that around 100K-150,000 ...

Calls for Royal Commission into housing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
... of Australia, with the housing market now valued at $8.1 trillion; double the value it was a decade ago and almost three times the value of the superannuation system. In a paper, they argued that the hot residential property market is at the expense ...

Licensee to acquire Sentry Group

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
... transaction and another $3.5million is payable in WTL shares. "Purchase price is in line with industry multiples of two-times recurring (net) dealer group revenue, presenting significant accretive value to WTL," WTL said. The Sentry acquisition is expected ...

Chief economist update: US inflation may not be as transitory as the Fed believes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... agency revealed that headline inflation rose by 0.8% over the month of April - the biggest increase since June 2009 and four times above market expectations for a 0.2% gain - taking the annual headline inflation rate to 4.2% (the fastest rate since September ...

Cost of group insurance declines

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021
... members will receive different covers at varying prices. For example, a 30-year-old woman's total premium varied by 25 times (from $29 to $732 a year) and a 50-year-old man's varied by 37 times (from $40 to $1480 a year).

Chief economist update: A delicate balancing act

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2021
... whether or not Iranian production would come on stream if or when the US eases its sanctions which, according to the New York Times, "could increase its crude production to four million barrels a day from 2.4 million over the next year". There's ...

Asendium launches swift SOA solution

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2021
... SOA to generate was eight weeks. Asendium on the other hand, is able to eliminate much of the physical and elapsed work times, so that for one scope of advice, such as an investment advice for example, the time it takes to compile an SOA is reduced to ...