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Magellan launches FuturePay

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2021
... around 4.3%. The distributions are paid monthly on the 15 th of each month, paid early if it falls on a weekend or public holiday. "In my head it's a salary replacement," Cairns said.

Former adviser jailed for six years

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAY 2021
A former financial adviser will spend six years in prison for stealing nearly $3 million of clients' superannuation money. The District Court of New South Wales found Ross Andrew Hopkins, from Killara, guilty of 15 offences. Hopkins was the sole ...

ERS applicants $3100 worse off

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021
Members who raided their retirement savings as a result of the early release of superannuation scheme could have been $3100 better off than if they had kept their balance intact, new research reveals. The McKell Institute, a thinktank, found that over ...

Chief economist update: Bubble, bubble getting out of trouble

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2021
... Australia in 2019. The main purpose for travelling to Australia was for holidays. 505,000 tourists came to Australia for holiday purposes." "The most popular destinations were Sydney with 32%, Melbourne with 27%, and Brisbane with 19% of visitors. New ...

Chief economist update: Chinese manufacturing ramps up

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
Activity in China's manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors returned with a vengeance after a brief pause during the country's Lunar New Year holidays. National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) data show that China's manufacturing PMI rebounded ...

Cost of living eroding super: ASFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
... furniture and appliances. "As a greater number of people ventured out of their homes in search of a meal out or a domestic holiday, we saw price rises in those areas, which is not altogether favourable for retirees on a budget," ASFA deputy chief executive ...

Chief economist update: Inflation lifted by smokers with young children and homebuilders

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... with out-of-pocket expenses now returning to pre-COVID levels. "Other price rises in the December quarter were domestic holiday travel (+6.3%), with state and territory borders re-opening in the lead up to the Christmas period, and medical and hospital ...

WAM sees court win over Keybridge

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2021
... Keybridge chief executive Nicholas Bolton alleged WAM transferred the shares in a bid to control the company. Over the holiday period, the Takeovers Panel determined that both of WAM's prior takeover bids were void. "WAM Active sought, through the proceedings ...

Ignition Advice chief exits

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2021
Ignition Advice chief executive Manish Prasad announced he has left his position after a little over two years in the role. On a LinkedIn post, Prasad said the decision to step down has come after a year characterised by change. "It has been a tough ...

Future Super cuts fees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 DEC 2020
Future Super has gifted its members a fee cut for the holidays, with fees set to reduce over all of the ethical super fund's investment options. The admin fee on the fund's Balanced Index option is reducing from 0.65% per annum to 0.554% per ...