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SG debate puts super in a spin

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
The superannuation sector is in a spin over the super guarantee, despite the Government committing to its legislated increase to 12%. In a media release, the peak-body for industry superannuation, Industry Super Australia, fired a shot across the Government's ...

ISA lays out $416bn super saving plan

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2019
The peak body for industry superannuation wants to see workers' retirement savings follow them from job to job by automatically rolling over into a single fund. Laying bare its plan to save $416 billion in retirement savings, Industry Super Australia ...

Super funds keen on alternatives managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
... Street Global Advisors (SSGA) in international equities and BlackRock in fixed interest and MSIM and GPT in property. In dollar figures, IFM Investors remained the top winner, winning appointments to $3.7 billion worth of assets. The profit-to-member ...

ASIC slams consumer credit failures

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
... value", revealing consumers who purchase CCI sold alongside their credit cards only receive 11 cents in claims for every dollar paid in premiums. Across all lenders, the figure moves to just 19 cents in the dollar. ASIC said CCI sales practices were ...

Chief economist update: Don't buy a Big Mac in America

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
The Bloomberg US Dollar Spot index was trading at 96.7680 on the day Trump tweeted the below: "China and Europe playing big currency manipulation game and pumping money into their system in order to compete with USA. We should MATCH, or continue being ...

Chief economist update: Australia needs a cheaper A$

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
... to name a few, would be clicking on the "heart button" on Facebook. They'll also like the extra boost from their US dollar earnings when translated back into Australian dollars. A-hiring they will go and perhaps, offer higher wages too. Wait there's ...

Chief economist update: Currency manipulators beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2019
... have been cutting interest rates instead of raising them when it did. Certainly, it would put downward pressure on the US dollar and, coupled with his increased tariffs, would reduce the US trade deficit. Lower US interest rates and a cheaper currency ...

Financial scams smash Australia

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
Latest research from KPMG shows financial scams are hitting Australia harder than both the US and UK. The consulting giant's inaugural Global Banking Fraud survey found Australia suffered a disproportionately high volume of financial scam attempts in ...

Super fund introduces further group insurance changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2019
... cover for standard death and TPD insurance to an age-based cover from 1 August 2019, where members will be allocated a dollar amount of cover based on age and changes as they get older. Premiums for income protection cover will change to annual, gender-based ...

Reforms see super fees in flux

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2019
... increasing their fees in response to the reforms." Future Super members with an account balance lower than $1000 do not pay a dollar-based admin fee currently, and with the PYS changes designed to protect the super of Australia's low income earners ...