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Chief economist update: Japan fails to learn from history (yet again)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
"Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it." - George Santayana... and repeat the past, Japan did. Preliminary estimates show that the economy contracted by 1.6% in the last quarter of 2019 following a 0.1% growth (if you could call ...

Future Fund property head departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020
The $168 billion sovereign wealth fund is looking for a new head of unlisted property as the incumbent leaves after 11 years. Stewart Tillyard was appointed to the head of unlisted property role in June 2018 after a restructure during which the head ...

Chief economist update: The virus, the trade deal and the AUD

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020
With a covid here, and a covid there, everywhere a covid, even old MacDonald (who had a farm) will get sick reading, hearing and listening to stories and warnings over escalating infection numbers... E-I-E-I-O. COVID-19 has captured the world's ...

AIA income protection premiums jump

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
Premiums for retail income protection policies with insurer AIA have climbed substantially over the last two years. One AIA Priority Protection policy sighted by Financial Standard had a 27% increase from 2018 to 2019 and then a 32% increase from 2019 ...

QSuper member drags board to court, loses

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
A member dragged the $113 billion QSuper's board to court over treatment of an insurance claim but had the appeal thrown out. Queensland resident Daniel Chapman went to the Federal Court wanting QSuper to pay him a greater interest on a delayed ...

OneVue takes control of Sargon stake in Sequoia

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2020
OneVue Holdings has taken control of a Sargon subsidiary's 19% stake in ASX-listed wealth and advice firm Sequoia Financial Group, as its looks to recoup $31 million. The Sequoia stake is worth about $4.6 million at Tuesday's closing price of 20 cents. ...

Sargon companies in administration

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
Ernst & Young was this afternoon appointed as administrator for at least three Sargon-related companies, after the main holding company went into external administration last Wednesday. Sargon Superannuation Holdings, Sargon Services Pty Ltd and Sargon ...

AustralianSuper ups admin fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
AustralianSuper will introduce a new fee for MySuper members from April 2020 to offset the impact of the Protecting Your Super changes. Effective April 1, AustralianSuper's members will start paying the 'Administration fee - Protecting Your ...

New super fund targets millennials

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
A newly launched sub-plan of Aracon Super has officially launched, marketed to millennials with a PDS revealing relatively high fees, expensive insurance and big ambitions. Elevate Super launched today, after Financial Standard revealed its plans last ...

ISA slams ANU research as SG debate rears its head again

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
The peak body for industry superannuation has forcefully rebuked new research from the Australian National University which questions raising the superannuation guarantee to 12% as scheduled. Industry Super Australia has launched a scathing attack on ...