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Low rates put retirees at risk: Vanguard

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... rate environment has presented a real challenge to the most impacted group in the current climate; something that is likely not in their long-term best interest. The research also debunked the popular rationale that investing in higher dividend-paying ...

Chief economist update: The W in the second wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
"The summer has ended When it left, you left too..." -Leif Garrett, When I Think of You' Right in the middle of the Northern Hemisphere summer, the Euro Stoxx-50 index surged by 42.7% from the eight-year low it plumbed in the middle of March this ...

No evidence lower SG will result in higher wages: ACTU summit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
... around $1000 a year. So, there has been no wage growth and in fact, real wages have gone backwards." Dawson said workers have not only missed out on wage growth but have also lost out on a significant chunk of money that could have been compounding interest ...

IRESS caves in, ups OneVue bid

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
Nearly four months after IRESS bid to acquire OneVue for 40 cents a share, it has finally upped the price to 43 cents in a final offer. The new 43 cents per share is a 7.5% increase from IRESS's June 1 offer and comes ahead of OVH shareholders' ...

Financial advice firms facing failure: Dynamic Asset Consulting

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
... based on a low inflation environment and falling interest rates," he said. "That is the benign environment we have had. It is not the environment we are moving into and it increasingly unlikely to be the environment of the future. This is a key inflection ...

Group risk inflows fall 15%

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
New research from actuary Plan For Life has found that overall group risk premium inflows fell 15% over the 12 months to June, with fresh legislation to blame. This includes the 'Protecting Your Super' legislation, which came into effect on 1 July 2019 ...

Former Christian Super investments chief in new role

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
... wealth management advisory services to wholesale investor clients including high net worth individuals, family offices, select not-for-profit foundations and trusts. Paua chief executive and founder Donna Nicolof welcomed Macready to the investment committee ...

Corporate fund overhauls admin fees, premiums

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
A $1.5 billion corporate superannuation fund has reduced death, total and permanent disability (TPD) premiums and administration fees - but income protection premiums will rise. Mercy Super reduced admin fees for super accounts from $1.10 a week plus ...

Chief economist update: Rents under covid

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
... closure of many businesses due to the pandemic that, in turn, led to job insecurity and/or reduced work hours, pay cuts, if not, outright job loss. This is happening as Australia closed its borders to international arrivals while at the same time reducing ...

SMSF changes unlikely to mushroom new funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... maximum four members indicates that while the current maximum could be limiting to some current or potential members, it appears not to be a constraint on the overwhelming majority." She said unless other factors come into play, relaxation to allow six ...