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Budget of missed opportunities: Industry

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2023
... state that if a jurisdiction has different rates of tax for different types of income, entities must have regard to the lowest rate of tax," he said. Of course, a main budget theme was to address the cost of living pressure, and most have applauded the ...

ASX red alert: Soaring negative cash flows raise concerns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2023
... (25%), and Hong Kong (24%). Meanwhile, Singapore (6%), Portugal (8%), New Zealand (11%) and Italy (12%) boast having the lowest proportion of companies with negative operating cashflow. Despite Australia's high proportion of companies with negative ...

Equity Trustees, OnePath dominate choice heatmap failure

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023
... Product, Umbrella Financial Plan Super, Crescent Wealth Superannuation Fund, and smartMonday were products marked with the lowest grade of dark red. A slew of OnePath products such as Pendal Monthly Income Plus, Perpetual Conservative Growth, UBS Defensive ...

Modern slavery on the rise a decade on from Rana Plaza

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2023
... suppliers, with another 42% providing evidence for up to three quarters of suppliers (with the majority falling in the lowest 1-25% bracket). "Union and collective bargaining agreements is one of the worst-performing indicators," Graham said. Another ...

TAL, AIA dominate group life market

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 APR 2023
... finalised claims (25.4%) within a two-week timeframe, followed by Hannover Re (15.2%) and Tal (13.7%), while RLA had the lowest (5%). The average duration for finalising TPD claims across all companies was 5.1 months, with TAL and MetLife having the ...

Government divulges vision for superannuation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 APR 2023
... to Rainmaker Information's breakdown of the ASIC Financial Adviser Register, financial adviser numbers are at their lowest in almost two decades, with a net 3250 (17.3%) exiting the sector last year. In light of dwindling adviser numbers, Jones stated ...

Employment figures no cause for rate hike: Experts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 APR 2023
... however economists say it won't lead to a rate hike. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, unemployment is at the lowest seen since 1974. About 53,000 people got jobs in March - significantly more than the 20,000 anticipated. In further positive ...

Long pause likely from RBA: Economist

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2023
... some signs that it's losing momentum, the unemployment rates are still exceptionally low. In fact, it's around the lowest levels we've seen in multiple decades." However, Bloxham explained that despite low rates of unemployment, job advertisements ...

BT Super, Mercer merger completes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2023
... diversifying and growing our offering for members, while maintaining a continued commitment to fund performance and some of the lowest fees in the market," he said. "Mercer Super is one of the few established Australian funds with direct access to significant ...

Industry fund bags consecutive customer experience award

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2023
... a small sample size, it noted. Spirit Super achieved an overall score of 68.3%. The sector benchmark was 52.7%, and the lowest performer scored 48.4%. Spirit Super chief executive Jason Murray said the result showed that the fund is growing the trust ...