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Forget BRICs: Skerryvore

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2022
... acting like an emerging market. Yet, there are a whole host of emerging market countries that are actually in very strong fiscal and financial positions, and host world leading businesses," Tabberer said. "In Brazil, interest rates are higher than the ...

Government eyes crackdown on super tax concessions

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2022
... "Callaghan was quoted over the weekend saying superannuation tax concessions have to be in the national conversation about fiscal sustainability, he's right," Jones said. "The Association of Superannuation Funds Australia has also identified the ...

ASIC probes super fund, investment manager greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2022
... through the markets and entities regulated by ASIC." Longo said central banks "now suggest that climate policy sits alongside fiscal and monetary policy, as the third pillar of macro-economic policy." ASIC's strategy has three features - enforcing ...

US recession probability reaches 75% - is Australia at risk?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2022
... and helps keep inflation under control," Saxena said. "This low level of wage inflation means that there is more room for fiscal policy to help wages grow to match rising interest rates. Increasing wages can help offset any required increases in interest ...

Future Fund proves resilience to market shocks

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2022
... product returned 8%. Explaining the results, Costello said: "As was anticipated by the fund, the exceptional monetary and fiscal stimulus of the last few years is being withdrawn, reducing asset prices and introducing much more volatility." "Looking ...

Budget deficit pressured by debt costs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2022
... inheriting a budget burdened by $1 trillion in gross debt and deficits projected for at least the next decade. Consequently, new fiscal policies have largely been offset for this year and the next. "We face growing pressures with interest payments and ...

Piecemeal super taxes won't fix budget deficit: FSC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2022
... superannuation taxation policy changes to raise revenue sufficient to make a significant impact on the Commonwealth government's fiscal position," the research said. "It would also bring other consequences for the government including increased spending ...

CPI rises despite Fed rate hikes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2022
... to decline to 6.5% in 2023 and to 4.1% by 2024." "Monetary policy should stay the course to restore price stability, and fiscal policy should aim to alleviate the cost-of-living pressures while maintaining a sufficiently tight stance aligned with monetary ...

Not enough being done to fix super gap: AIST

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2022
... of the paid workforce to care for others, their shot at a dignified retirement should not suffer." She said the current fiscal challenges Canberra can't be ignored, but that legislation ensuring super is paid on parental leave should be developed ...

Future Fund assets drop to $194.4bn

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2022
... explained in FY21 the fund delivered a return of 22.2% spurred on by a period of exceptional stimulation through monetary and fiscal policy and that central banks are responding to significant global and domestic inflation by tightening policy. "In this ...