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Chief economist update: Turns out Brexit was heaven

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2020
... falling to a record low of 32.9. This may not be the end of it, for as Markit Economics prints in its latest report: "The response rate from members of the survey panel was not affected by shutdowns in place due to the COVID-19 outbreak." As BOE policymaker ...

The next big short

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
Late last year, before extreme weather events battered the world, before COVID-19, The Big Short 's Michael Burry said he had found the next bubble: passive investments. Now, with asset prices trembling in the face of the pandemic, could there still ...

APRA to track ERS payment times

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... expected on a best endeavours basis, and APRA will implement reporting through a legally binding reporting standard if the response from industry does not meet the objectives of the data collection," APRA said. The regulator has given RSE licensees until ...

APRA questioned on fund liquidity

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... come after ongoing concerns about super funds ability to release members money through the Early Release Super scheme in response to COVID-19. Bragg said he wants to know when the regulator last asked funds to self-assess their liquidity and what portion ...

Chief economist update: Stimulus measures ease extreme fear

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... record high of 82.69 in March (higher than its GFC peak) to around 45.41 (lower than the Grexit peak). This could be in response to the US government's fiscal stimulus - worth around 11% of GDP to date - and the Fed's liquidity enhancing measures ...

Millions jobless within weeks: Grattan

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... to be hit harder, because they are more likely to be employed in the occupations and industries most affected by the response to COVID-19. Ultimately, the institute believes the impact of the crisis on employment and economic activity could be even greater ...

Former ASIC lawyer joins private firm

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... large-scale and complex enforcement investigations for ASIC and, more recently, acted on behalf of private clients in response to such matters." While at ASIC, she was one of the senior managers responsible for running high-profile investigations and ...

Super funds need to act like banks: PM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
... issues and the government's early release super scheme. A number of funds have devalued their unlisted assets in response to the effects of the global pandemic, leading to concerns over their liquidity.

Australia versus the world

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... Bond Fund said that whilst quantitative easing can broadly define what many central bank responses has been, the RBAs response has offered more "nuances". "In our view, the RBA's emergency rate cut of 50 bps in total to a record low of 25 bps will clearly ...

QSuper board takes AFCA decision to court

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... merely that, in this case, AFCA impermissibly exercised the judicial power of the Commonwealth." The court said the above response tended to obscure more than it revealed, and it was unclear whether the applicant's position was that AFCA's decision ...