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Life expectancy declining: KPMG

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
... expectancy longer than most countries like Sweden, Korea, New Zealand and the Netherlands. Japan takes the lead with the longest life expectancy. Factoring in Australians' health-related issues, Grattan estimates life expectancy is reduced to 71.9 ye ...

Pension fund acquires telco

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2019
... entitled to receive 97 pence for each KCOM share. KCOM provides IT and communications solutions and is one of the UK's longest established communications companies. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange. It is focusses on three markets: Hull and ...

Climate change an imminent threat to returns

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
... in Mercer's 2015 climate change report, supporting greater urgency for action to achieve a well-below 2C scenario." The longest of the timeframes provides greater visibility of the impacts of natural catastrophes and limited resource availability. These ...

Regulators name laggard life insurance providers

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 APR 2019
... significantly across providers, a joint study by the regulators found. AMP (eight months) and Westpac (three months) take the longest to process death claims within group insurance, while TAL and AIA Australia are the most efficient (four weeks each) ...

Chief economist update: RBA repeats history

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2019
... repeats? Just as today, the RBA has kept interest rates unchanged at 4.75% for 12 months (Nov 2010- Oct 2011) - that time the longest stretch since the GFC - as the unemployment remained at around 5% (give or take a few decimals) while at the same time ...

Rainmaker Group acquires Money magazine

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2019
... as the leading source of personal finance news and expert advice." Money was established in 1999 and is Australia's longest running and most read personal finance magazine.

Equity investors will struggle in 2019: Baur

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2019
... wages may indeed be the next bull market, Baur said. Further, Baur forecasted the current state of the economy to be the longest expansion in US history and will continue longer than people expect. As for the Fed, will it raise short-term interest rates? ...

Chief economist update: RBA still in denial

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2019
... optimism from the RBA on each and every occasion. Here are some snippets of the piece if you're interested: The second longest stretch of steady interest rates is the 18-month period between August 2013 and January 2015 with the cash rate frozen ...

Vertical integration changes to reshape personal wealth

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
... model where banks manufacture and sell their own products is giving way to specialist roles," the forecast said. "For the longest time, it was only banks that designed and sold their own products. Then, they added complementary partner products, such ...

Australia Day: How the barbecue has changed

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2019
... paid hours worked was 39 hours per week for men and 30 hours for women. On average, men in the 35-54 age group work the longest hours (42 hours per week).