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Sole purpose test divides industry

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
... in 2002 for being inconsistent with the sole purpose test. "This [Coles Myer offer] was quite topical at the time and was not well received by the regulators. If this [AustralianSuper offer] is okay, then why is it okay? If this is not okay, then why ...

Macquarie chief executive on striking a balance

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
... way up the corporate ladder at Macquarie Group. Wikramanayake has two children, now teenagers. Her husband stopped working not long after they had children, she told attendees. She recalled an International Women's Day Event at Westpac she attended ...

Financial concerns drive women to online investing

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
... on track to meet their financial goals. Despite recent progress, Fidelity International managing director Alva Devoy said not enough women are investing in the stock market because of their aversion to risk and lack money to invest. "Women are still ...

Women-led super funds continue to shine

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
... numbers show this has remained steady at 30% since 2016. Rainmaker analysed single strategy, default MySuper products offered by not-for-profit funds totaling about $860 billion in funds under management. The returns are dated 30 June 2018.

Up close and personal: Women in financial services

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2019
... appointed to leadership roles have made headway and great contributions. Among them is Mavis Robertson, who helped pioneer not-for-profit funds, and is an icon of the superannuation industry; while Louise Davidson (ACSI chief executive) received an Australia ...

New life insurer is RC good news story

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
A freshly launched life insurer believes it is the "good news story" to come from the Royal Commission. Speaking at the Sydney leg of a nationwide adviser roadshow, Integrity Life managing director Chris Powell said the firm was well positioned to take ...

Janus Henderson operations head departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
Janus Henderson Investors is hunting for a new head of operations after the incumbent moved to a similar role at PIMCO. Scott Delaney left Janus Henderson about three months ago, the company confirmed. According to LinkedIn, Delaney is now senior vice ...

Australia in effective recession: Academic

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
... of 2018 - it shows growth is negative," Holden said. Treasurer disagrees Speaking yesterday, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg did not agree. "If you want to look at a good indicator of living standards, then real net national disposable income is a better indicator ...

Risk advice a hard sell: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
... number (8%) of consumers will pay more than $1000 for out-of-pocket life insurance advice. Almost a third (30%) said they do not want to pay a fee at all. When asked if participants would pay $2000 or more for life insurance advice, 100% said, 'no.' ...

Chief economist update: Cash rate should be 1%

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
... consumption (0.3 percentage points); household consumption (0.2 pps) and, inventories (0.2 pps). But government consumption could not continue to provide such strong contribution going forward without negatively impacting the Budget. Just have a read ...