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Chief economist update: Australians not confident enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
Latest surveys show an improvement in Australian consumer and business confidence despite concerns over the impact of the bushfires, floods and the coronavirus. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment rose 2.3% to 95.5 in February ...

Former licensee boss banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
ASIC has said the former chief executive of Spectrum Wealth Advisers had a poor understanding of his obligations and failed to ensure advisers complied with the law, banning him over his involvement in the licensee's numerous failures. Mark Schroeder ...

Super fund reveals ASX 100 equality laggards

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... addressing gender inequality. "Future Super cares what the future looks like and our business purpose includes building a future free from inequality," it said. "The difference in financial and employment outcomes between women and men signalled to us ...

Chief economist update: UK is now Bailey's baby

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... final BOE meeting, Carney remains hopeful, expecting "an immediate but orderly move, at the beginning of next year, to a deep free trade agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union". "The most recent indicators suggest that global growth ...

Chief economist update: Coronavirus threatens Tokyo Olympics

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 7 FEB 2020
... bank could go even more negative or devalue the yen outright to entice tourists. But while the coronavirus threatens, even free seats wouldn't be enough.

Magellan cracks $100 billion

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2020
... Magellan's has had a few firsts on the way: it worked out how to list an active ETF without giving away its stockholdings for free, it front-ran Treasury's current scrutiny into adviser/broker commissions on LITs and LICs last year and has been ...

Retirement income review must focus on women: KPMG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2020
... additional burdens of primary care are not in breach of the Act, adding women could substantially benefit if employers were free to pay a higher amount of super contributions to people who had taken on primary career responsibilities. The firm's final ...

ISA reaffirms stance on super guarantee

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
ISA said too many Australians, particularly women, are retiring without enough super and the increase to 12% is central to fixing the problem. "ISA analysis shows more than eight million Australians could be worse off in retirement if the super rate ...

Argo Investments' profit plunges

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
Listed investment company Argo Investments' profit has taken a dive, falling 24.4% from the previous period. Yet Argo has maintained its half-year dividend at 16 cents per share fully franked. The company announced a half-year profit of $118.8 million ...

SG increase means lower wages: Grattan

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... workers "overwhelmingly" pay for increases to the super guarantee through lower wages. According to the institute's new No free lunch report, higher super translates to lower wages. Using administrative data from 80,000 federal workplace agreements made ...