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Government urged to extend stimulus

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
... aids a faster recovery in the single-hit scenario." The report said Australia has ample fiscal space to permit a strong response to a second outbreak or if the recovery falters. "In particular, some income support measures may need to be extended beyond ...

ASIC quietly granted new access to phone taps

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
... misleading statements (s1041E), inducing persons to deal (s1041F), and dishonest conduct (1041G)," the spokesperson said. In response to the passage of laws, law firm Ashurst provided an analysis in April. It clarified that ASIC can now be passed stored ...

ASIC mainly concerned with media releases: Lawyer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... "They embed the very thing ASIC wants to eradicate: templated SOAs. And good luck reproducing a digital SOA to ASIC in response to a section 33 Notice! The industry has gone mad," he said.

Report reveals superficiality of ESG pledges

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... resolutions, and whether they represent the most effective means of encouraging companies to strengthen their climate change response." AustralianSuper director of ESG and stewardship Andrew Grey told Financial Standard that the fund actively considers ...

Chief economist update: The ECB's PEPP economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... principal repayments on securities purchased under PEPP re-invested until at least the end of 2022. No doubt this is in response to the ECB's gloomier revision to its macroeconomic outlook, revealed by ECB president Christine Lagarde in late May ...

IFM Investors hits back at MP demanding probe

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
... and built on to ask the prudential regulator for an enquiry while stating the committee would expand its work. In his response sent on Tuesday, the IFM Investors chair demanded a wider investigation including retail super and wholesale managed funds ...

GDP figures reveal start of COVID-19 impact

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... 1.8% rise in government final consumption expenditure," the ABS said. "Government spending at all levels increased in response to the bushfires and the management of the COVID-19 pandemic." Private demand detracted 0.8 percentage points from GDP, driven ...

AMP Foundation offers $2m for COVID-19 recovery

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... non-profits can apply on AMP's website by close of business on June 18. "The Foundation has been so impressed by the agile response of so many non-profit organisations to the COVID-19 crisis, especially given the challenges that preceded the pandemic," ...

Zurich pledges to COVID-19 support

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
Zurich Australia and OnePath Life announced donations to 20 charities with COVID-19 response funding. Zurich said it has made a $1.4 million donation from the Z Zurich Foundation to help local community programs respond to increased demand. Zurich ...

Renewed scrutiny for ME Bank

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
Liberal MP Tim Wilson has asked to recall ME Bank to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics after correspondence with ASIC for a hearing later this week. During ME Bank chief executive James McPhee's appearance at the last ...