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Australians drain $35bn from super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... as the governments' early release of super (ERS) scheme edges towards its close. Having opened in April this year in response to the immediate effects of the COVID-19 lockdown, close to five million Australians have removed over $35 billion from superannuation. ...

RC recommendations closer to legislation

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
... introduction of a new bill. Introduced in Parliament on November 12, the Financial Sector Reform (Hayne Royal Commission Response) Bill 2020 addresses 20 recommendations from the 2018 inquiry. The new law will prevent the hawking of all financial products ...

Chief economist update: We're not there yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
"Curb your enthusiasm" was the overriding message from the world's top three central bankers at the annual ECB Forum on Central Banking 2020, held online on November 11-12. The head honchos of the US Federal Reserve, European Central Bank and the ...

Chief economist update: Letter V going viral in Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... 2020-21 reveal in early October when the Federal Treasury announced additional spending amounting to "$98 billion in response and recovery support, including $25 billion under the COVID-19 Response Package and $74 billion under the JobMaker Plan".... ...

RBA measures not solely due to COVID: Treasury

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2020
... crisis, a complex policy development process could create lags. "In many ways, the design of the government's initial response to COVID-19 was to put in place temporary automatic stabilisers," Kennedy said. "Any move towards more active fiscal policy ...

Centuria acquires property for healthcare fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
Centuria has spent $115 million on various short-stay hospitals in response to the sector's unmet demand. Centuria Healthcare purchased the $55.5 million Bloomfield Medical Centre in New South Wales, the $51.7 million Vermont South Medical Centre in ...

Healthcare dominates impact investing: American Century

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020
In the wake of the pandemic impact investors in the United States and United Kingdom have continued to focus their attention on prioritising healthcare, new research shows. American Century Investments latest study reveals the disparity of responses ...

Rest climate case dismissed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2020
... industry, which, with almost three trillion dollars under management, has the potential to make or break our climate response." The trial had already been pushed back from July to November and was adjourned twice today before being dismissed. JANA, Rest's ...

Climate change greater threat than COVID: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2020
... economic future of all future generations of Australians," Philip said. "But taking a new and resilient economic path in response to climate change, actually presents unprecedented opportunity. It would see Australia's economy growing and the creation ...

Future Fund slashes fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... funds: the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land and Sea Future Fund, the Future Drought Fund and the Emergency Response Fund. The Future Fund has announced in the past its intention to move to a "cheaper, more passive approach" in its listed equities ...