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Chief economist update: Wheels of US recession in motion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
"Your breath first kindled the dead coal of wars And brought in matter that should feed this fire; And now 'tis far too huge to be blown out With that same weak wind which enkindled it." - The Life and Death of King John Bill Shakespeare might just ...

GROW Super unveils admin platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2019
GROW Super has ventured into distributed ledger technology with the launch of a new superannuation administration platform. TINA aims to reduce costs and improve operational efficiencies, helping super funds gain greater control of how they deliver ...

Superannuation bills on hold

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2019
... legislation was originally part of the Protecting Your Superannuation Package, but was left behind after a deal between the Greens and Coalition was reached. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg anticipated the proposed new law would take effect from October 2019 ...

Protecting Your Super Package will cross finish line: Treasurer

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... default insurance has been pushed back to 1 October 2019. This part of the Bill was deferred following a deal between the Greens and Coalition. In pushing ahead with protecting members paying for insurance they don't want or need, Frydenberg said ...

Chief economist update: The Fed should act now

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
When I was an economics student, I never much cared about economic history. What good does economic history offer? The agricultural revolution gave way to the revolution in industry and now... the tech revolt. Surely, things and the way of doing things ...

New board directors at Future Generation

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
The $480 million LIC founded by Geoff Wilson that donates a portion of its net assets to charity every year has added two new board directors. Deloitte Partner Stephanie Lai and UBS managing director and head of marketing and corporate communications ...

Chief economist update: A question of when?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2019
Could it be? Could it be that Dallas Fred President Robert Kaplan has been reading my daily rants? That would be too presumptuous of moi but Factset's report that "Dallas Fed President Kaplan (nonvoter) told the WSJ the recent yield-curve inversion ...

Industry funds wary of stapling default members

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019
... proposal to get rid of default insurance for accounts less than $6000 did not go through, following a deal between the Greens and the Coalition Government. Two recommendations from the Royal Commission's final report also passed: introducing civil penalties ...

Government carves out super deal

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019
... Treasury Laws Amendment (Protecting Your Superannuation Package) Bill 2018 passed the Senate after a deal was struck with the Greens and after Labor refused to guide the legislation without amendments. However, the Federal Government made significant ...

Clime names distribution and private wealth lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
Clime Investment Management appointed Adam Youkhana as general manager of private wealth and distribution, a newly created role to lead the client-facing functions of the group. Youkhana was most recently the general manager of wealth at ASX-listed ...