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Chief economist update: Is there a bear in there?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
... losses as pessimism and selling increases." You can count the New Year not happy once this gets going. There's still hope. The table below shows my calculations of the world's major equity markets' fall from grace. It shows that, apart from ...

Former Liberal Party leader joins Islamic super fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2018
A former Liberal Party leader has joined the board of a $250 million Islamic superannuation fund. John Hewson will join the board of Crescent Wealth as it prepares for significant growth in 2019. Hewson led the Liberal Party from 1990 to 1994. Hewson ...

New mortality study adds to retirement conversation

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
Actuaries have calculated mortality rates among Australians who use annuities. It is research they hope will help develop retirement income products including CIPRs. The Actuaries Institute and Rice Warner used UK mortality data on annuitants to calculate ...

ANZ hid reasons for executive pay cuts

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
... not spell out the names or roles of the erring executives. "We are here to manage the company for the long term. I would hope that it is understood that implicit in our decisions is my decision that they are right executives to build the company for ...

Wealth an unnecessary failure: Thorburn

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
NAB chief executive Andrew Thorburn said the venture into wealth management by Australia's big banks was most likely a failure. Opening the final week of hearings into misconduct in financial services today in Melbourne, counsel assisting Michael Hodge ...

Royal Commission puts bonuses on notice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... it is becoming increasingly difficult to justify the use of variable remuneration in financial services," Sheedy said. "I hope industry leaders and regulators will seriously consider this issue as we continue to do research in this crucial area of performance ...

Comyn promises personal accountability

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... the magnitude of turning the bank's culture around. "As hard as we will try, I'm sure there will be missteps. But I hope [there won't be]," he said. Orr grilled Comyn on CBA's poor selling practices, specifically on consumer credit insurance ...

Poor performance a fiduciary breach

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... retail as it readjusts its business model, and a significant shake-up in the profit to member sector as well. And I would hope that APRA would drive this, ending the days of trustees being a servant to their commercial owner rather than a servant to ...

ALP victory to have meaningful impact: Daintree

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018
... Which precisely the wrong way of doing things," Tyler said. "For us as bond investors this is actually a good thing. What we hope is that we start to see a rotation on the part of Australian investors towards fixed income as an asset class. If it's Daintree ...

Rewards program to boost super savings

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018
... been spent on everyday items like groceries, petrol and bigger ticket items such as furniture and airfares, he said. "We hope SUPERSUPER will make a meaningful difference to the lives of our members. It is designed to simplify their relationship with ...