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China still positive despite unrest

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
... Northern Europe including in Germany, EM and Chinese indicators have been stabilising. This may project a diminishing growth gap between emerging and developed markets, which should support EM currencies versus the US dollar for a while," Buchet says. ...

Women in Super: A year of accomplishments

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019
... super gender disparity has urged WIS to lobby the government for new superannuation policy proposals that will close this gap, including changes to tax concessions and SG on parental leave entitlements. "We completed over 26 policy submissions to government ...

FS Roundtable: Striking the perfect balance

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2019
... the education piece with the retail segment typically involves bringing in their return expectations in line. Seeing that a gap exists between alternatives and retail clients, Martel believes ETFs have a potential role to play to meet this need. The ...

APRA begins super data transformation efforts

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019
... products." The project's consultation will be divided into three phases, the first of which will address breadth, the "most urgent" gap in the regulator's data collection. APRA will respond to the first phase of consultation and finalise changes to its ...

NAB remediation team swells, no executive bonuses

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
... billion of remediation costs in 2019. Cash earnings for financial year 2019 were 10.6% lower than the previous year for NAB. "A gap remains between where we are today and where we need to be for customers, but we are making progress and will execute ...

Leaving a legacy

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2019
... UK is stretched for available land on which to build houses it needs. It is building way less houses than it needs to. The gap the younger generation to get the foot on the property ladder is widening and that is not a good thing. Most of our courses ...

QMV kicks off legal practice, appoints lead

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2019
... their fund members and how to implement the changes," Vaughan told Financial Standard. Vaughan said the service will fill a gap where superannuation funds receive legal advice but not enough ongoing support to help them prepare or implement changes. ...

Investors deluded on returns

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2019
... quickly." Durack cautioned that financial advisers are likely to find themselves on the front line when it comes to addressing the gap between expectations and reality on investment returns. Schroders Australia head of distribution Graeme Mather added ...

Australia slips in global retirement ranks

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2019
... United States and Spain are next in 2027." However, Natixis managing director for Australia Louise Watson pointed out that the gap between super balances for women and men is having a significant impact on retirement outcomes for Australians. "Australian ...

SG increase will not help women: Treasury

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... the issue. The retirement income policy division posed and answered the question: "Won't increasing SG help close the gender gap in super balances?" "The main drivers of women having lower balances than men are women's lower incomes and long career breaks," ...