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Generational wealth gap continues to widen

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
The children of those in their 40s, 50s, and 60s are likely to be significantly worse off financially than their parents, with the intergenerational wealth gap only widening. Speaking at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds, Taylor Fry principal ...

COVID support temporarily improves inequality

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
The equity gap between young and old Australians narrowed after a seven-year widening streak but the improved fortunes of the young may be short-lived, says the Actuaries Institute. Calling it "a year like no other", Actuaries Institute's Intergenerational ...

Chief economist update: Be afraid of inflation expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2021
US Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis president James Bullard's recent virtual presentation provided a timely venue for the Fed to push back on inflation fears that drove equity markets down a day before. The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis' ...

YFYS incentive to reduce fees: Hume

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021
The inclusion of superannuation administration fees in the Your Future, Your Super performance benchmark will not punish funds that reduced fees in recent years, according to minister for superannuation Jane Hume. Speaking at the Financial Services ...

Super funds slam budget's super gap measures

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
Superannuation funds welcomed the budget's move to dump the $450 threshold, but called out a lack of measures to close the super gap. Last night's budget included five key decisions on superannuation. These were abolishing the $450 per month ...

New Islamic advice group launches, hires from MSC

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
A new Sydney dealer group focused on Muslim clients is looking to hire up to 50 financial advisers in the next 12 months, as it nabs MSC Group's chief operating officer to lead the business. Hejaz Financial Services will build a network of both specialist ...

Adviser software soft launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
A new financial planning software that is free of charge promises to alleviate the cost of advice. ProductRex helps financial advisers assess superannuation and investment product recommendations by comparing fees and asset allocation between platforms ...

Chief economist update: A date with the RBA in July

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
The Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) May the fourth Board meeting would have been a ho-hum event had it not been for the month of July. As expected, the RBA left monetary policy settings unchanged - "including the targets of 10 basis points for ...

MLC Life hires general manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
MLC Life Insurance has appointed a new lead for its life insurance portfolio, overseeing product, pricing and retail. Bozenna Hinton started in her new role of general manager of product pricing and retail insurance proposition on May 3. Hinton is responsible ...

Crescent Finance launches real estate funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
Crescent Finance is setting its sights on $5 billion of property transactions over the next five years, as it launches two new funds to invest in Islamic-compliant housing. The two funds are Crescent Growth Fund and Crescent Finance Income Fund. Both ...