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Average Australian is a millionaire: ABS

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the average household wealth in Australia passed the $1 million mark in 2017-2018. The ABS said wealth in Australia has risen 37% in the last decade. ABS chief economist Bruce Hockman explained that ...

ASIC slams consumer credit failures

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
ASIC's review of the sale of consumer credit insurance has lambasted the sector for consistently failing consumers in the design and sale of products. According to ASIC report 622, CCI products are being promoted and sold to customers unfairly, and ...

NEOS upgrades super product

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
Enhancements to NEOS Life's superannuation product Super Plan are helping customers apply for cover in a fraction of the time. When applying for the risk-only superannuation product, a customer's identity is validated and automatically matched with ...

Antares portfolio manager departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
The $660 million Aussie equities fund at Antares is bidding farewell to the "linchpin" of its investment strategy. Richard Dixon's departure was announced on Monday, after almost three months of extended leave. Dixon leaves after nearly 12 years, and ...

Super funds hard to engage with: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
About 67% of superannuation fund members who attempted to engage their super fund in the last 12 months gave up, according to new research. New insights from the Investment Trends Super Fund Member Sentiment and Communications Report shows 67% of super ...

Chief economist update: A case for optimism

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
With a buoyant stock market, tax cuts, lower interest rates and a recovering housing market, one would think all Australians should have every reason to dance on the streets. Australians, all, should be dancing on the streets to Jimmy Cliff's classic ...

Association names new chief

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
The Stockbrokers and Financial Advisers Association will welcome a new chief executive at the end of August. SAFAA chief executive Andrew Green announced his intention to step down at the association's recent annual conference. Succeeding him will ...

Increasing SG costly for middle Australia: Grattan

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
Lifting the Superannuation Guarantee will make middle-income earners poorer over their entire lifetime, new Grattan Institute research shows. Raising the SG from 9.5% to 12% would see a 30-year-old worker fork out $30,000 over their lifetime, Grattan ...

Aussie HNWIs slip down global rankings

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
Australia's high-net-worth population slumped in the rankings of a global wealth study as millionaires shifted their portfolio to cash amid share market uncertainty. According to Capgemini's annual World Wealth Report, the number of Australian ...

Chief economist update: Hard target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
With business conditions and confidence like it is, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)'s full employment target just got a little harder to meet. Recall that in his speech at the RBA board dinner with the business community on June 4 - the night ...