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FSC calls for inquiry into gig economy and its impact on super

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
... superannuation going forward. While still far off in the minds of many industry professionals, Fahy sees this as a now problem, and is actively looking to see how superannuation can reinvent itself for the Uber drivers and Airtaskers of the world. "The ...

Chief economist update: Bond sell bomb shell

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2018
... have enacted mammoth asset purchases and are expected to continue to withdraw or start withdrawing asset purchases. The problem here is as the WB rightfully observed: "Despite the strengthening of activity, inflation in advanced economies remained subdued ...

RNY wind-up sought as ASIC blocks Aurora move

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2018
... be in the best interests of unitohlders. "Considering that Aurora has not been able to find a viable solution to this problem over the last four weeks, the RAML board has determined that if Aurora cannot find an acceptable, reasonable route to becoming ...

Industry association targets super gaps

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
... part of our superannuation system." According to the AIST, unpaid superannuation has been identified as a significant problem affecting Australians, with recent estimates from the Tria and Cbus report suggesting that as many as 326,000 people (3% of ...

Life insurance inflows stable: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 JAN 2018
The life insurance market grew 2.4% to $16.2 billion in the year to September, latest statistics from Strategic Insight show. The group insurance segment however, recorded minimal growth, up 1.8% year-on-year to $6.3 billion, with MetLife (14.1%), TAL ...

Pre-Christmas delivery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 21 DEC 2017
... can go higher than 4 percent. I think you can go to 5 percent or 6 percent". Good, better and best but there's just one problem with this. Annual GDP growth of 4% or 5% or 6% implies that the economy would be growing above its potential - the economy's ...

Ho ho hum MYEFO

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2017
... by 2.75% in FY2018-19 (from 3.0%). Still, given the strengthening labour market, this could still turn out correct. The problem is if wages remain unresponsive. Continued stagnant wages growth would put the government's inflation projections out of whack ...

Fee-for-service faces ultimate risk test

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2017
Rollout of the Life Insurance Framework (LIF) on 1 January 2018 will be the strongest test of fee-for-service risk advice, a model seen as imperative to the financial advice industry's future. Industry experts say the critical component to make fee-for-service ...

WA Super launches impact investment option

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 DEC 2017
WA Super, which recently merged with Concept One to form a $3.2 billion super fund, has launched a new impact investing option for members. The public offer fund described the relaunched Sustainable Future investment option as an "Australian first." ...

Australia braces for Amazon impact

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 5 DEC 2017
Amazon has finally launched in Australia and the retail sector is likely to experience significant hurdles - but Amazon itself will face its own challenges, according to financial services experts. Amazon Australia country manager Rocco Braeuniger said ...