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Retirement income paper open for consultation

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
Treasury has laid out principles for its proposed retirement income covenant and is inviting stakeholders to submit consultation for the next four weeks. Here are key takeaways from it. The paper's primary suggestion - as expected -- is that all ...

NSW Treasury appoints productivity commissioner

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
... deputy commissioner and the current chair of Sydney Financial Forum has been appointed a top role at New South Wales Treasury. Joining the NSW Government as its first productivity commissioner is Peter Achterstraat. His mandate is to "bust red tape and ...

Link Group loses $15bn industry fund mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2018
... administered" by the group. Link said it could not currently quantify the net effect of the proposed changes, though, given the Treasury Laws Amendment (Protecting Superannuation) Bill 2018 is currently in exposure draft form and is open to consultation. ...

Chief economist update: We're headed for surplus (if assumptions hold)

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2018
... and then investment...overall economic growth and through to government revenues. This is just one the risks given the Treasury's outlook on the domestic scene. Add to this, the risks to its projections for growth in the international economy (which ...

Royal Commission sees increased ASIC, APRA funding

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... possible, though, given the magnitude of work left in implementing the new framework. As a result, it is asking for the Treasury and ASIC to review the funding for soon-to-be-replaced Superannuation Complaints Tribunal (SCT) so that it's properly funded ...

Insto investment committees step away from status quo

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... total portfolio approach, a step away from traditional strategic asset allocation and sequential investment models. NSW Treasury Corporation (TCorp) chief investment officer Stewart Brentnall said the latter is still prevalent in the industry because ...

What the associations want from Budget 2018

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... ) "may not be possible" given the magnitude of work left in implementing the new framework. So, it is asking for the Treasury and ASIC to review the funding for soon-to-be-replaced Superannuation Complaints Tribunal ( SCT ) so that it is properly funded ...

Chief economist update: Budget surplus can wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... Guardian, Scott Morrison "noted that tax receipts until February were running $4.8 billion higher than forecast by the Treasury last December, including a $1.2bn boost to income-tax receipts and a $3bn increase on company tax." The daily followed this ...

Chief economist update: Talking trade tariffs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
... billion more. The rest of the world will be watching what comes out of the two-day meeting between the US delegates, led by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and China, headed by Vice Premier Liu He, in Beijing. At this point, not many expect a substantial ...

Moving on up to target

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... 10-year US Treasuries dipped to 2.95% from 2.96% at the end of last week's trading activity. Yields on 10-year TIPS (Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities) reacted the same, down to 0.7762% from 0.7829%. The thing is the latest core PCE inflation reading ...