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Chief economist update: Bad news is good news is back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
"Happiness equals reality minus expectations". Tom Magliozzi's famous five words appear to have made their way to Wall Street. For how else is one to explain the rally on 'the wall' - S&P 500 up 1.7%; DJIA up 1.9%; Nasdaq up 1.6%; Russell ...

Early release applications top $9bn

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
As more than $9 billion in super is requested for early release, Australia's largest superannuation fund has paid out over $1 billion, with funds for the industries hardest hit by COVID-19 not far behind. Australia's largest fund, the $185 billion ...

AFP investigates ERS scams

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
The Australian Federal Police are investigating a small number of scams in relation to the government's Early Release of Super scheme. The Australian Taxation Office said measures designed to protect the integrity of the early access to super scheme ...

Chief economist update: The outlook for Australia, according to COVID-19

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2020
... fastest pace on record - gives credence to the RBA's gloomy outlook on Australian economic growth. The lead from the ANZ job ads series - released a day before the RBA meeting - also supports its dim view of the labour market. Job ads in newspapers ...

New buyers for Sargon businesses confirmed

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
Sargon's Diversa, CCSL and Tidswell businesses will be owned by New York-based buyers, who are committing to retaining Aussie jobs and have hired a Westpac and BT veteran for the board. New Yorker Teddy Wasserman of CloverHill Capital and Australian-origin ...

Unemployment already over 15%: Roy Morgan

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
April unemployment data released by Roy Morgan today paints a far gloomier picture of Australia's workforce than the Australian Bureau of Statistics' latest data from March. Roy Morgan found 15.3% of the workforce (2.16 million people) were unemployed ...

Chief economist update: No escaping the inverted yield curve

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... believe that monetary policy is well positioned to serve the American people by supporting continued economic growth, a strong job market, and inflation near our symmetric 2% goal". Ergo, "...the current stance of monetary policy will support sustained ...

Early release of super numbers revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... it appear that Australians are not needing to access their superannuation as much as first thought, no doubt thanks to the Job Keeper and Job Seeker programs, but that super funds seem to be in a much stronger cash and liquidity position than many of ...

ERS top of mind for advisers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
Early release of super was the topic most frequently asked about by advisers during March and April, according to new figures from AMP's technical adviser support team. The next most asked about issue was minimum pension drawdowns as the government ...

Sargon buyers tap former PEXA chief as adviser

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
... roles and consultancy experience and on his resume, is also understood to be in the pile of potential candidates for the top job under the business's new owners. Status of the sale EY announced it had found a buyer for Sargon operating businesses ...