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Chief economist update: It's looking up for the land down under

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2020
It keeps getting better and better for Australia. Only yesterday, I penned about things bright and beautiful developing in Australia - its success over containing the second wave and the consequent relaxation of restrictions and re-opening of state ...

Chief economist update: Iron ore to reduce Aussie deficit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
"I see trees of green, red roses too..." - Louis Armstrong It'll be peculiar to even be humming this immortal classic at a time when covid-19 continues to afflict most of the world. But the way it's going for this land down under, it wouldn't ...

Shipton's tax bill under scrutiny

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... government regulatory bodies. For example, Samuel said he saw the chair of a regulator (which he did not name) at the Australian Open as a guest of a corporate. The corporate in question was at that time under scrutiny from that very regulator. He also ...

ASIC opens consultation on scaled advice

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
... supports limited or scaled advice but are hearing from licensees that they don't want their advisers in that space. "We are open to suggestions but certainly we don't want to continue with the status quo where people feel unable to provide limited ...

Fidelity launches one-stop-shop platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
... and investment product research and recommendations are important. Gallagher said Fidelity's broad set of services, FMAX's open architecture and its research provides a differentiated combination that can help advisers increase efficiency and potentially ...

Industry fund introduces tax incentive

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
A profit-for-member super fund is providing a tax rebate for members who choose an account-based pension. Intrust Super's introduction of the Pension Transfer Bonus (PTB) is aiming to help members increase their retirement balances if they choose ...

Australians drain $35bn from super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
Around $35 billion has been removed from Australians retirement savings as the governments' early release of super (ERS) scheme edges towards its close. Having opened in April this year in response to the immediate effects of the COVID-19 lockdown ...

ASX market outage lasts all day

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR, KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
The ASX equity market paused trading this morning, and will not open until tomorrow morning. The market will not open again until 10am tomorrow as the ASX works to fix the issue. Today was the go-live for the refreshed ASX Trade system, which is the ...

Aware Super finds airport returns despite COVID-19

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
Aware Super's investment in Bankstown Airport, in western Sydney, has proved resilient through COVID-19 - thanks in part to an investment in an air wing for NSW Police. Earlier this month, NSW Police opened its aviation support branch - also known as ...

Chief economist update: Oil could slip on fresh lockdowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
News that a COVID-19 vaccine is nigh has injected optimism in the world economies, financial markets and commodity markets, including oil. Oil prices jumped to two-month highs - WTI oil to US$41.36 per barrel; Brent oil to US$43.61 - following reports ...