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Chief economist update: Iron ore up or iron ore down?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2019
... through fiscal and monetary policies. The price of iron ore is important for the outlook for Australia or as the Budget Papers put it, along with other commodity prices, "a key uncertainty in the outlook for nominal GDP." The Budget Strategy and Outlook ...

New managed portfolio education hub launched

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2019
... client education on the value of managed portfolios. The content is presented in a range of mediums, including video, white papers and case studies. HUB24 managing director Andrew Alcock said the platform provider is committed to supporting advisers ...

ClearView launches client-engagement guide

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2019
... academic. The author is Dr Katherine Hunt from Griffith University, who teaches financial planning subjects and has published papers in the client engagement side of financial planning. The 35-page guide gives a "tried and tested" engagement framework ...

New initiatives ready advisers for the future

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... January. "Using our extensive in-house resources and expertise, as well as a range of external tertiary education oriented papers, we have established a study hub that will help advisers plan for study as well as succeed in their chosen course," Wilson ...

Direct life insurance failing consumers: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2018
... Commission will examine issues associated with the sale and design of life insurance products. The Commission's background papers citing ASIC 2015 data shows the group distributional channel sold the highest number of policies (14 million), followed ...

Discriminatory bank regulation hits super savings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2018
... miniscule or zero, the report states. "The apparent method of calculating such contingent liabilities used in the budget papers (simply as the sum of all eligible deposits) is badly flawed and warrants review... There is far more risk arising from the ...

Super funds suit up for Royal Commission

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
... 50/50 between in-house and third-party products - some questions might be asked," Hooper adds. According to the background papers, fees and costs may be analysed given the disparities among industry and retail funds. Retail funds "expend relatively more ...

Unintended consequences for opt-in insurance: KPMG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
... default framework would protect the retirement savings of specific groups of superannuation members. In the 2018-19 budget papers the Government claimed the change would "protect the retirement savings of young people and those with low balances by ensuring ...

Default life insurance reforms ineffective: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018
... default life insurance arrangements for members under 25 and low balance account holders to an opt-in framework. Budget papers said this was being done as a means of "protecting Australians' retirement savings from undue erosion by fees and insurance ...

Estate planning lawyer fined for misconduct

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018
... Dubler, described as his paralegal, to sign the will as a witness, again before the client or the donor had signed the papers. The matter came to light when the client passed away in September 2015, and his daughter - a university student - discovered ...