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Super funds set to dominate ASX: Deloitte

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
Australia's superannuation system is set to balloon beyond $10 trillion in the next 20 years and may come to own more than 60% of the market capitalisation of the ASX, according to Deloitte. New analysis from the global consultant shows the next 20 ...

Perpetual expands risk advisory capabilities

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
Perpetual picked up a Melbourne-based specialist risk advisory business. Perpetual has acquired Priority Life, a specialist risk advisory business with a strong focus on medical practitioners, professionals and business owners, to strengthen its risk ...

Chief economist update: As low as Lowe will go

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
The RBA's growth and inflation forecasts and the Taylor Rule calls for just one more rate cut next year. So there we have it ladies and gents, the answer to every Australian's question du jour, how low will domestic interest rates go? I posed ...

Chief economist update: Let's talk about debt

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019
Financial Standard had been calling for it, central banks have, and now it's the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). In its latest bi-annual economic global economic report released this month, the OECD maintained its Australian ...

Brian Hartzer steps down from Westpac

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019
Westpac chief executive Brian Hartzer has stepped down in the wake of AUSTRAC's investigation. Westpac today announced Hartzer will exit, with current chief financial officer Peter King taking over as acting chief executive from December 2. Hartzer ...

APRA floats insurance in super change

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2019
APRA has floated proposed revisions to prudential standards covering insurance in super, including requiring independent verification of insurance arrangements to ensure they are in the best interests of members. The prudential regulator has released ...

Westpac halts short-term bonuses, culls Litepay

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2019
The under-fire big bank will halt short term incentives for its executive team as it deals with the fallout from its alleged breaches of anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing laws. Announcing the bank's three-point response plan ...

Consultation opens for retirement income review

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2019
The financial services industry and wider community has just over two months to make submissions to the government's retirement income review. The retirement income review's consultation period officially opened late on Friday afternoon, providing industry ...

Vale David Smith

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2019
HESTA director and former Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees president David Smith is being remembered as an inspirational leader. Smith, who was also general secretary of the Australian Services Union, passed away suddenly on November ...

Chief economist update: US consumer power

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2019
The US-China trade deal/no trade deal seesaw continues to drive the markets' daily ups and downs. But behind these day-to-day swings is the rise and rise on Wall Street - to new record highs. To be sure, the third quarter reporting season was nothing ...