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Government merges advice reviews

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2021
... will consider the LIF Review as part of its wider mandate, Minister for superannuation, financial services, the digital economy and women's economic security Jane Hume announced this morning. Speaking at the annual Financial Services Council Life ...

Chief economist update: The pause that refreshes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2021
... to depress stock market valuations while at the same time devaluing the US Federal Reserve's efforts at guiding the economy out of the pandemic. To be sure, US president Joe Biden's fiscal injections are cause for concern with regards to stoking ...

Rest launches low-cost SRI option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
... Real Estate Assessment score, and in infrastructure assets with integrated ESG factors that work towards a low-carbon economy or have limited exposure to transition risks. Infrastructure companies that own fossil fuel reserves, derive revenue from oil ...

Government debt blows out 420%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 APR 2021
... Josh Frydenberg revealed in the October 2020 Budget a record deficit of more than $213.7 billion. While Australia's economy grew 257% since 1995 off the back of a population boom and its dependence on the rapidly growing Asian market, government ...

Women participation rate booms

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
... women's economic security in late March, in addition to her portfolios of superannuation, financial services and the digital economy. Amid former attorney-general Christian Porter's historic rape allegations, Prime Minister Scott Morrison rejigged ...

Chief economist update: Australians all let us rejoice

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2021
Australia is back! Back on track after its economy was cruelly interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This space had been ranting about the virtuous cycle that had been circling around the nation since activity and business and consumer sentiment indicators ...

Business registration to be updated

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021
... registry platform, eliminating seven registry interactions. Minister for superannuation, financial services and the digital economy, minister for women's economic security Jane Hume announced the appointment of commissioner of taxation as the commonwealth ...

Fidante signs on new boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
... specialist asset managers matches our own position as a specialist manager focusing on the transition to a more sustainable economy," Impax Founder and chief executive Ian Simm said. Fidante ended 2020 with $71 billion in total funds under management. ...

Chief economist update: Australia's confidence contagion

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
... shouldn't, because the coronavirus had been virtually vapourised in this land girt by sea and the strengthening domestic economy. The recovery will receive extra impetus if the latest confidence surveys are anything to go by. The NAB business survey ...

FASEA chair to remain

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
... a part-time basis until the organisation is wound up. Minister for superannuation, financial services and the digital economy, minister for women's economic security Jane Hume announced Catherine Walter will continue to work with the board to refine ...