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COVID-19 drives Aussies to check exemptions

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... of the current circumstances. "I should add - and this is the tragedy of COVID-19 - we have had people calling our call centre asking whether they are covered for suicide," he said. "We find that particularly tragic obviously." Leigh remarked the scenario ...

SuperFriend bolsters support offerings as demand peaks

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... caused a spike in inquiries from super funds, insurers and other workplaces within the sector. The organisation said call centre staff working across superannuation accounts are heavily impacted by the crisis, particularly as they deal with a flood on ...

Chief economist update: Surveys say...

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
... increased (yes, it's up) by 5900 in March and the unemployment rate ticked up by an itsy-bitsy-teenie-weenie 0.1 percentage point to 5.2% from 5.1% in February. It's a beaut! Even prettier when compared with the 701,000 jobs lost in America over ...

What's next for income-focused funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... another 1%. The remained of about 2% comes from selling options on the stocks. It's this last component that will take centre stage for income-focused funds in the months ahead, according to Teh. "Not [changing] much, because I do run a high-income ...

Will COVID-19 kill the balanced option?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... SRM for every super fund assessed by APRA and put on a register that consumers can easily access. Putting risk front and centre in a way consumers can understand could solve the problem of the ambiguously "safe seeming" balanced investment option, he ...

Wall Street rally runs out of steam

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... from the virus in the city has now surpassed that of those killed during the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre. According to Johns Hopkins University, 4009 people have died from the coronavirus in New York City alone, with 398,185 confirmed ...

Self-isolation to accelerate secular trends

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... will have long-term implications. "Two of the sectors we expect to continue to benefit from remote working are the data centre and telecommunication network providers," Kururangi said. He points to NextDC and Megaport as examples of specific stocks the ...

Super fighting a war on three fronts: KPMG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
Australia's superannuation sector is fighting a war on three different fronts, as the economic fallout of COVID-19 continues to bite. New analysis from KPMG shows superannuation trustees are facing three competing sets of problems as they deal with ...

Whistleblowers rewarded US $570k

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
... Jordan Belfort being investigated by the SEC. Though in Belfort's case, he was running a scam through a high-pressure call centre.

Australia to lean on super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2020
... superannuation sector's response to the government's decision has varied, with the industry super movement quick to point out the government's decision to allow early access to super came without the consultation of industry funds. However ...