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Accessing super cements inequality: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
... unemployed people reporting a 10% improvement in their ability to meet commitments. Now that measure has been reversed though, the positive impact is also likely to be lost.

Salaries boosted by skills shortage

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021
... top performers. Despite all the good news, Robert Half said that uncertainty in the market has many employees feeling as though they should stay with their existing employer for now. The reduced flow of overseas talent, though, is increasing competition ...

Tempered positivity post-pandemic: Experts

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... early super withdrawals. And Xero data revealed that small businesses have also bounced back in Australia and New Zealand, though they continue to flounder in the UK where lockdowns have continued. Digging into consumer spending data, Singh said restaurant ...

Budget no cure for hangover from last one

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... on paid annual leave, why not when you're on parental leave?" she said. "Let's talk about last year's budget though, because we're still dealing with it," Birks said, referring to the Your Future, Your Super changes introduced in the ...

Keep COVID-19 in perspective: Panel

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
... ascent of Asia are the thematics creating tension that existed before COVID-19 and have not been disrupted by the pandemic - though it has distracted from other issues. China overtook the US on GDP four years ago, Ruthven said. He projects that by 2025 ...

Deborah Ralston joins Household Capital

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021
Household Capital has appointed the retirement expert to chair its advisory board. Effective this month, Deborah Ralston will lead the retirement funding provider's advisory board, replacing Jack Diamond. Sitting alongside her on the board is Peter ...

APRA approves MLC super takeover

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
... management or advice. The MLC super business has more than $173 billion in member funds. NULIS Nominees has a spotted record though. In 2020, APRA hit the trustee with new licence conditions after the regulator found concerns it was not always considering ...

Research aims to solve cash conundrum

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
With record-low interest rates set to stay in place for some time, Allianz Retire+ has released new research looking at how best to solve the cash conundrum. Term deposit rates have fallen 96% since the Global Financial Crisis high of 8.25% and now ...

The other side of the ETP growth story

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
There is another side to the exponential growth exchange traded products have enjoyed; not every manager will be able to get in on the action, and legacy unit trusts will likely lose out. Rainmaker head of investment research John Dyall, speaking at ...

Chief economist update: The Fed and Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
Just when we thought Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell has tapered sooner-than-later taper expectations, along comes Robert Steven Kaplan -- president and chief executive of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. While the US Federal Reserve was waxing ...