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Should high-income earners pay charity levy?

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
Academics have proposed a new system to better distribute Australia's wealth - one which would see high-income earners pay a charity levy. The levy would be based on a small percentage of earnings for Australians with income of more than $269,000 ($US200,000). ...

Chief economist update: Rate hike hawks in RBA dove's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUN 2018
... costs? I think not. Not when the economy's biggest component - household consumption - remains in the doldrums because of high debt burden and stagnant wages (that's verging on the negative when adjusted for inflation). Household consumption ...

AMP adds legal expert to board

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2018
... regulatory and legal matters. "John has significant financial services and governance experience and has, at the highest level, determined and implemented strategy, driven financial, operational and key people decisions and led legal and regulatory risk ...

Aussie asset consultant appoints new chief executive

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2018
... at Frontier for about six years. AustralianSuper chief investment officer Mark Delaney said Moloney would provide a high level of experience and expertise as the fund continues to grow. Delaney said AustralianSuper is on target to manage 50% of member ...

ABDO unveils top investment strategies

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2018
... Australian-only equities fund manager with $570 million in assets under management told advisers the importance of backing high quality, simple businesses with strong cash flows and balance sheets. "A major problem I see with this is that relative return ...

IOOF corporate development GM joins Australian Ethical

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2018
... representation, adding: "We are proud of the calibre of talented female executives that we have been able to secure at the most senior level of our business." Orr joining the board follows Australian Ethical undertaking a restructure of its finance and ...

Chief economist update: The good news and the good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... the unemployment expectations index falling from 130.8 in November to 127.6 in December and 122.8 in January - the lowest level in nearly seven years. Now, for the good news: For the nth time, China has proven the experts wrong. Chinese GDP expanded ...

Life insurance inflows stable: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
... CommInsure (12.6%) and MLC (9.4%). Meanwhile, inflows into the lump sum sub-market grew by 2.9% year-on-year with mixed company-level results. Among the market leaders, BT / Westpac (7.5%) and TAL (7.2%) experienced the highest inflows; Zurich's inflows ...

Powerwrap names new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... advisers and their clients are moving away from bank-aligned licensees and platforms in search of something unique in the high net worth investor segment with the highest-level of customer service. "By bringing together the best in class technology ...

IRESS enters regtech realm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
... reporting needs, saying Lucsan is well positioned to build on its current reputation given its strong track record. Lucsan's group executive chairman Harold Lucero described the partnership as an important development for the industry, saying IRESS' ...