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Hume calls out ERS fake news

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
... executive Damien Mu and MLC Insurance chief life insurance officer Sean McCormack discussed the life insurance industry's response to COVID-19. The session came as Loane revealed that the FSC's life insurance initiatives to support those impacted by ...

NULIS calls for clearer regulatory definitions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... its intra-fund advice offering, but requires more concise regulatory definitions before it can proceed. In a written response submitted to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics, the MLC Super trustee said it needs regulators to ...

Government announces $184bn deficit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... credit ratings agencies having now reaffirmed Australia's AAA credit rating during the pandemic." The economic support in response to COVID-19 is estimated to have increased the level of real GDP by around 0.75% in 2019-20 and around 4.25% in 2020-21. ...

Super fund COVID-19 requirements to remain

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... (FAQ) about PDC. The regulator published the FAQs to provide guidance to superannuation trustees on PDC requirements in response to COVID-19. The PDC enables the regulator to conduct an ongoing assessment of the impact of the coronavirus and the government's ...

No returns in sight for AAP investors

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... saving the newswire," he said. "It could have been any period of the year and I think we would have had the exact same response." McKinnon agreed. "Some of these donations are tax deductible - that's true - but they would have gotten a tax deduction ...

Opportunities in EM debt rebound: Eaton Vance

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
Despite the dramatic rebound experienced in financial markets during the second quarter, Eaton Vance believes there are still pockets of opportunity in the emerging market sector. Buoyed by central bank and governmental policy responses around the world ...

Aussie equities stage recovery

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
Australian equities staged a recovery from its first quarter slump as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the latest research from Rainmaker. In its most recent Vantage Point report, Rainmaker data shows Australian equities rebounded to ...

Aware Super unaware of members with disabilities

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2020
... State Super's Vimeo, which she could not access owing to its lack of closed-captions or an Auslan interpreter. In response, the fund told Financial Standard it "strive[s] to communicate in an inclusive way" and follows a "multi-channel approach" ...

Chief economist update: China recovery would have been good for Oz

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2020
... first, as a result of Prime Minister Scott Morrison's inquiry into the origins of COVID-19 in mid-May; and second, in response to the passage of the security law in Hong Kong, Australia announced extension of visas to Hong Kong citizens with a view ...

Perpetual top brass cop six-month pay cuts

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
... on their base salaries for six months from July 1, as the company also shrinks variable remuneration company-wide in response to COVID-19. The rest of the group executive team and board of directors will be paid 10% lower base salary for the six months. ...