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Queenslanders drain super: ISA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... wiped out and in Moncrieff, an average of $7829 was withdrawn and 6408 people hollowed out their accounts. "To help fix the hole early release has blasted into the retirement savings of hundreds of thousands of Queenslanders the government must stick ...

Hearts and Minds but no ratings

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... we've got their best ideas' - but they struggled to look at it like that. "Perhaps it's just a square peg in a round hole and we just have to wait." Ratings agencies are not charities; they will either charge investment funds fees in return ...

Morrison's legacy will be retirement poverty: ACTU

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
... people every year." He added that he thinks this will be the ultimate legacy of Morrison's government. "The generational hole in retirement savings which will be left by the scheme will be the greatest legacy of this government. It will cause untold ...

Fixed income investors get new ESG rating

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
Global responsible investment manager Insight Investment has introduced a new ESG risk rating for fixed income products, which it claims covers around 95% of companies in global investment grade indices. The firm's new ESG risk rating tool provides ...

Life insurance salary guide for 2020

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
A new salary guide has outlined what those in the life insurance industry can expect to get paid this year, as it's revealed many claims assessors are looking to move sideways due to a perceived lack of career growth. Profusion Group's June 2020 insurance ...

Wall Street rally runs out of steam

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... valuations and lower earnings risk and are finding this in sectors which have low sensitivity to the massive economic growth hole that is in front of us." He pointed to these sectors as IT, consumer discretionaries and telcos. Interestingly, Sherwood ...

ACTU pokes holes in JobKeeper

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
The Australian Council of Trade Unions believes the government's JobKeeper program is still flawed, though is glad the calls of Australian workers have been heard. ACTU secretary Sally McManus has called for the government to revise its $130 billion ...

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 ...

Chief economist update: Plenty of oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
... is "locked and loaded depending on verification..." The slowing global economy certainly needs a higher oil prices like a hole in the head just now. They'll be a tax on consumption and production - the very ones central banks around the world are ...

Chief economist update: Fed has Trump's trade war number

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
... attacks on the Fed. The last, most significant one was right after US Federal chair Jerome Powell's speech at Jackson Hole: Trump let loose on Twitter, virtually naming Powell an enemy of the state, saying: "As usual, the Fed did NOTHING! It is incredible ...