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Economic recap: Week to August 27

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
... - the non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment (or "u-star") because of the "muted responsiveness of inflation to labor market tightness". In Jackson Hole 2021, Powell hinted that QE could be reduced this year, saying: "I was of the view, as were ...

Economic recap: Week to August 6

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
... - before it gets back on track in the December 2021 quarter. There were good news in the US labour market. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that non-farm payrolls grew by 943K in July. This is the biggest addition to employment in 11 months ...

Top franked stock picks: Morningstar

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2021
... CPI uplifts, and that its funds management business is sticky given lockups and switching costs. In the 2019 election, the Labor Party proposed removing the cash rebate for franking credits. Despite this, Morningstar now considers there to be little ...

First YFYS performance test results weeks away

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
Superannuation funds can expect their results in the first performance test by August 31 under the new Your Future, Your Super reforms, according to an APRA letter sent Friday. The first round covers MySuper products alone. Trustee-directed products ...

Funds grilled despite record returns

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021
... questioned IFM on the matter after reading the reports. Wilson later asked about IFM paying bonuses of up to $12 million, Labor MP Peta Murphy objected to this question being asked of witnesses from organisations other than IFM. Both Arter and Silk said ...

AustralianSuper names next merger partner

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2021
... industry fund. The nation's largest super fund has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to merge with LUCRF Super, the Labor Union Cooperative Retirement Fund. Established in 1978, LUCRF is the nation's oldest industry super fund and home to ...

Aware Super adds to board

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2021
... technology, membership administration and corporate service functions. Nigro is on the state executive board for the Australian Labor Party NSW and is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. "Angela is joining us at an exciting time ...

AUSTRAC to face scrutiny

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
... and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC), which has handed out record fines to the big banks, will face new scrutiny from the Senate. Labor Senator Deborah O'Neill'smotion to set up an inquiry into the agency through the Senate Legal and Constitutional Reference ...

Australia among the richest nations

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021
... (US$238,070). "There have been large differences in income shocks during the pandemic. In many high-income countries the loss of labor or business income was softened by emergency benefits and employment policies," the report read. Some government assistance ...

AFA defends industry against Labor attack

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
The Association of Financial Advisers has slammed the Labor Party's attack on financial advisers, which paints the profession as dodgy and continues to rip-off consumers. AFA acting chief executive Phil Anderson is calling for an end to the "persecution" ...