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Adviser platform satisfaction slips

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021
... new research shows. Investment Trends' latest Adviser Technology Needs Report showed only 28% of advisers rated their overall satisfaction with their main platform as 'very good', down 2% on 2020 and maintaining the downward trend from a 40% high in ...

Superannuation complaints down 31%: AFCA

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 5 JUL 2021
... AustralianSuper (1123 complaints to AFCA), Rest (708), Hostplus (404), AMP Super (367) and NAB's Nulis Nominees (320). Overall, the one-stop-shop for financial complaints received 70,510 complaints in the 12 months to June end. This was 12% lower than ...

Super tax concessions to outstrip Age Pension by 2040: Report

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
... in their retirement by 2050," said Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Martin Fahy said. Overall, the report said Australia's budget and economy outlook for the next 40 years has been hit by COVID-19 and pre-existing ...

Chief economist update: UK not there yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... measures of inflation expectations suggest that the near-term strength in inflation is expected to be transitory... because overall, there is judged to be spare capacity in aggregate in the economy at present." The country's unemployment rate may ...

Chief economist update: Thank you, my frenemy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
... -- but this is a "base effect" function as China normalises from the distortion caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The overall trend remains on the up and up. The China Iron and Steel Association reports that crude steel production in the January - ...

Australia among the richest nations

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021
... policies," the report read. Some government assistance in rich countries was so generous that disposable personal income rose overall. The US (7.2%), Germany (0.8%) and Canada (2.3%) are some examples. Australia recorded 1805 millionaires at the end ...

Advisers turn to ETFs during COVID

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
... advisers preferred to invest in large-cap stocks, while self-directed clients looked for opportunistic investments, he said. Overall, some 28% of new accounts opened with AUSIEX during the lockdown period invested in ETFs during March to November 2020 ...

Verve Super launches gender diversity index

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
... to ensure it met appropriate legislative standards to be in the best financial interests of our members as part of our overall portfolio," she said. The process looks at a starting universe of 309 firms on the ASX, which are then screened to ensure that ...

Calls for Royal Commission into housing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
... risks for the economy and 85% think short term interest rate policies are insufficient to support macroeconomic stability. Overall household debt has risen substantially relative to GDP from 70% in 1990 to almost 185% by 2020. Some three quarters of ...

IOOF completes phase one of platform consolidation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
... simple to use and importantly, progresses IOOF's transformation strategy, including reducing the cost-to-serve," he said. Overall, Evolve now has more than 200,000 client accounts and $20 billion FUA. The second phase of the migration is expected to ...