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Wage growth, not wage cuts

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... doesn't recognise this. "Instead, it assumes that over the medium term economic growth is entirely determined by supply rather than demand, and that supply is a function of the three Ps: productivity, population and workforce participation." With fluctuations ...

APRA pushes for super fund consolidation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... taking an overly narrow view of the legislation governing mergers, saying APRA expects trustees to take a pragmatic approach rather than measuring line-by-line that all members are receiving the equivalent, not equal, rights. If this cannot solve the ...

Australia only needs 15 super funds: Consultant

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
... funds. In light of those difficulties, Right Lane believes the "optimal" number of funds to serve Australians stands at 15, rather than the 92 which currently operate. "An idealised structure for the superannuation system would have three to five generalist ...

Banks urged to step up

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... governor Philip Lowe and APRA chair Wayne Byres have called on the big banks to support the Australian COVID-19 recovery, rather than their shareholders. Speaking during a FINSIA webinar, Lowe said over the past decade APRA had worked with banks to reduce ...

Small caps soar amid accelerated revolution

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... abilities and chances of capital gains." To benefit in the months ahead, Bilney recommends investing in quality companies rather than taking large sector exposures. "We believe winners are identified through the three pillars of our proprietary model ...

Active versus passive: The debate continues

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... strength in the underlying fundamental credit research it puts you in a really great position to take an educated view rather quickly in terms of which risks are worth taking and which are not." Kase said there are many opportunities now presenting themselves ...

Rich Dad feels for financial advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... their lives. Dent refers to the money handed to individuals and businesses around the world as creating a "coma economy". Rather, he says, countries should "take their medicine" and cut costs and restructure debts during a recession. Dent pointed to ...

Sentiment weakens as macro threats loom

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... economies around the world, seen through attitudes towards change, raising national incomes and a focus on domestic policies, rather than international ones," he said. Trade tensions between the US and China had strained markets well before the pandemic ...

SISFA relaunches membership to SMSF trustees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... for granted and often only taken their own industry agendas to regulators," he said. "They have not ignored trustees but rather thought that their agenda would also cover the needs of trustees without involving them in the discussion." SISFA said ordinary ...

Global dividends to fall 15%: Janus Henderson

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
... Henderson said. "The former has a favourable sector mix (e.g. high exposure to technology) and the suspension of share buybacks rather than dividend cuts are likely to bear the brunt of efforts by companies to preserve cash." The research found in China ...