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Chief economist update: Second waving, not drowning

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... its citizens not to tour and study in the land down under, in retaliation for the Morrison government's call for an inquiry into the beginnings of the coronavirus pandemic. To be sure, cooler heads will prevail. Scott Morrison's "inquiry" bravado ...

AMP should stop whining: Slater and Gordon

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... inconvenient it is for ordinary Australians to want their money back." He added that he thinks the Liberal government's inquiry into class actions is being driven by a business lobby and that big business doesn't want to have to worry about customers ...

ASIC lays out product intervention plans

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2020
... ASIC's new "targeted" solving of problems through product intervention. "In recommending the power, the Financial System Inquiry identified the objective of limiting or avoiding the future need for more prescriptive regulation," Chester added. "The availability ...

IFM Investors hits back at MP demanding probe

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
... asked to appear before the committee. "IFM is the only wholesale [sic] funds manager you have sought evidence from in your inquiry. None of IFM's peers or competitors have been asked to provide any information (confidential or otherwise), or appear before ...

Enquiry into lacklustre employee share schemes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... the government made a number of changes to improve the taxation treatment and regulation of employee share schemes. This inquiry gives us the opportunity to understand why the use of employee share schemes is still so incredibly low in Australia," Falinski ...

APRA urged to probe industry funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2020
... shortly be putting to the committee the need to consider its full options to ensure that it can fulfil the purpose of its inquiry," Wilson wrote. "In the meantime, I encourage APRA to complete an investigation and audit of the exposure of industry fund ...

Litigation funders will need AFSLs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... merged Omni Bridgeway and IMF Bentham supported the call for regulation last week as the parliamentary joint committee inquiry into class actions and litigation funding got underway. "As the pioneer of litigation funding in Australia, Omni Bridgeway ...

Chief economist update: Australia needs China more than it needs us

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... Or in Australia's case, don't mess with the Politburo. It's only been weeks since Australia called for an inquiry into COVID-19, offending China and sending it into retaliation mode - Beijing banned beef imports from Australia's four ...

Sentiment weakens as macro threats loom

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... "Except that it seems to be using trade restrictions as a method for punishing Australia for its desire for an independent inquiry into the virus' origins and restrictions on China's 5G equipment." So where are the opportunities in the current ...

Chief economist update: China's beef with Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... three weeks earlier, warning bilateral trade relations could suffer if Australia did not stop its call for a COVID-19 inquiry. The Middle Kingdom strikes back. China is now walking its talk. This has prompted fears among Australian dairy producers that ...