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Chief economist update: Biden cooks Donald's duck

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... Donald Trump who the Washington Post labelled "Commander in Tweets". "He has used it to announce policy, move markets, attack the press, dispute reports, insult enemies and energise his base - all unvarnished by a journalist's interpretation," it ...

Insurers must shape up on mental health: TAL

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020
... for mental health conditions are not well understood, the report said. While high cholesterol is a known risk for heart attack, for example, medical professionals do not have similar metrics to predict mental health conditions. This could have consequences ...

No evidence lower SG will result in higher wages: ACTU summit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
The Morrison government has been labelled cruel for considering postponing the legislated rise to the superannuation guarantee by those speaking at the ACTU Emergency Super Summit. Executive director at Per Capita, Emma Dawson said indication that a ...

Industry fund chief to step down

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
The head of a $5 billion superannuation fund is stepping down at the end of 2020. BUSSQ chief executive Linda Vickers is retiring from the role and will be succeeded by chief operating officer Damian Wills. Vickers has been with the super fund for more ...

Chief economist update: Australia succumbs to pandemic-induced recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
It was good - so good - while it lasted. But as the saying goes, "nothing lasts forever". It had been more than a generation since Australia experienced "the recession we had to have" back in 1990/91. The Australian economy withstood the US savings ...

Labor says yes, economists say no to SG rise

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
Former Labor Prime Ministers Kevin Rudd and Paul Keating have slammed the possibility the Liberal party may ditch the planned rise to the super guarantee as economists warn against it going ahead. Speaking at a socially distanced press conference, Rudd ...

Liberal senator slams super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
A Liberal senator launched an attack against the superannuation industry, accusing the federal opposition of being communists and bowing to industry funds. A war of words broke out in the upper house yesterday when Liberals, who have been working for ...

ASIC takes action against RI Advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020
... by ANZ but became a wholly owned subsidiary of IOOF in 2018. ASIC alleges that Frontier was subject to a "brute force" attack whereby a malicious user successfully gained remote access to Frontier's server and spent more than 155 hours logged into ...

Billionaires targeted in Twitter bitcoin scam

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
... this for 30 minutes. Enjoy!" The UK's National Cyber Security Centre said it reached out to Twitter in the midst of the attack, which it said was targeted at the firm and not the individual accounts. "While this appears to be an attack on the company ...

Vale Ian Perkins

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2020
... embark on a new journey, joining Paul Toepfer at start-up consultancy firm KONU. He passed away on June 29 from a heart attack. In a tribute, his former colleagues remembered him as a well-loved person; admired for his open heart and joy for life. "BNP ...