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Big companies dig deep

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
... that COVID-19 is presenting right now, and will present in the medium term, as communities turn their focus to economic recovery," said Wikramanayake. More than 20 top corporates disclosed cash donations with many more companies also confirming their ...

UK pension fund to go net zero

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... change and select ethical or green fund themselves. It also found 79% of UK adults believe it's important the economic recovery accounts for climate change, while 65% of pension savers believe their pension should be invested in a way that reduces ...

AIST pushes for policy reform

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... of investment opportunities which it says would contribute to growth, jobs and productivity in the COVID-19 economic recovery. AIST chief executive Eva Scheerlinck said there was enormous potential in housing and energy in particular, but policy reform ...

Government announces $184bn deficit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... of GDP) at 30 June 2020 and increase to $677.1 billion (35.7% of GDP) at 30 June 2021," they said. "Once the economic recovery is established, stronger growth and an improvement in the fiscal position will help to stabilise government debt as a share ...

Aussie equities stage recovery

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... The report referenced predictions by both the International Monetary Fund and the OECD around the slow global economic recovery. In Australia the IMF expects GDP to fall by 4.5% this year, a 2.2 percentage point improvement from its April forecast. "The ...

Banks throw Australians a second lifeline

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020
... loans for an additional four months, in a bid to avoid a 'fiscal cliff' in September and aid in the country's economic recovery. Those who can restart paying back their loans will be required to do so at the end of their six-month deferral period. However ...

RBA prepares to scale up bond buying

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020
... amount of uncertainty remains. "Notwithstanding the signs of a gradual improvement, the nature and speed of the economic recovery remains highly uncertain. "The substantial, coordinated and unprecedented easing of fiscal and monetary policy in Australia ...

Melburnians back in the lockup

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020
... what happens in Victoria matters to the rest of the nation and will impact on the speed and trajectory of our economic recovery."...adding that, "When I made a statement to the parliament in May I talked about the economic cost of a lockdown being about ...

Super reform should happen, but not now: Grattan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... to enact certain policy reforms that were on the table pre-COVID-19, it would only serve to harm Australia's economic recovery. "However much we might like to reform superannuation, capital gains taxes and stamp duties, or make hospitals more efficient ...

Challenges abound as super poises for COVID-19 recovery

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
... greater certainty around superannuation policy, noting various challenges face the industry in the period of economic recovery ahead. In particular, industry fund chief executives pushed for the now legislated increase to the super guarantee (SG) to ...