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Stapling equals accountability: Hume

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... members. The Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial Technology told the recent Household Capital Third Pillar Forum that stapling will provide members a higher standard of living in retirement by eliminating unintended ...

Retirees value home over super: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2020
... the value of their properties being significantly more than their superannuation balances, new research shows. Household Capital's 2020 Retirement Outcomes survey reveals 73% of homeowners aged over 60 want to stay in their current home but the median ...

Fidelity launches global fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... minimum initial investment is $25,000. The fund managers said there is a lot more to global investing than the mega-household names like Apple and Amazon. "The small- and mid-cap portion of the market offers investors exposure to inefficiently priced ...

RBA observes weakness and uncertainty

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... package had helped to lower funding costs," it said. "Members noted that the Australian banking system, with its strong capital and liquidity buffers, had remained resilient and was helping the economy traverse this difficult period." Despite the re-introduction ...

Chief economist update: Australia succumbs to pandemic-induced recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... definition of a recession. The details of the National Accounts show exactly what one expects of an economy in lockdown. Household consumption - which accounts for around 60% of national output - dropped by 12.1% in the June quarter and subtracted 6.7% ...

Household debt a major risk: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
The long-run rise in household indebtedness has increased concerns about the risks this poses globally to banking sectors and economies more broadly, according to the Reserve Bank of Australia. In a new paper titled How Risky is Australian Household ...

Banks ordered to reduce dividend payout ratios

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... UBS estimated total dividends from ASX-listed companies could fall from over $70 billion to $50.7 billion. Updating its capital management guidance for the segment this morning, APRA eased the April restrictions a little but is asking banks and insurers ...

Chief economist update: Victoria's Cinderella moment

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... reversed Cinderella story. From midnight Sunday, planned easing of restrictions for restaurants and pubs, and limits on household and public gathering were suspended (some even tightened) until midnight on July 12. The Andrews government was forced into ...

Property yet to show COVID-19 pain

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
... "However, this is prior to markets showing the impact of COVID-19," he said. Kelly added that with the new lending to household data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, lending to households for investment in dwellings decreased 16.3% over ...

GDP figures reveal start of COVID-19 impact

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... the COVID-19 pandemic." Private demand detracted 0.8 percentage points from GDP, driven primarily by a 1.1% fall in household final consumption expenditure. Spending on services fell significantly, particularly where restrictions impacted most severely ...