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Chief economist update: Honey, COVID-19 got me sacked

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... scale-up its government purchases again and will do whatever is necessary to ensure bond markets remain functional) and the Federal government are on the ball (it's set to increase the JobSeeker payment). "We will not rest. We are working with some ...

Sargon buyers announce execs, ditch Sargon name

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2020
... appointed the non-executive chair while BT veteran Sue Thomas will join as a non-executive director. Tanner has served as the federal minister for finance and deregulation, and in 2016 joined Six Park's investment advisory board. Two former Sargon ...

Public super fund rejigs offering

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... scheme. The measures to allow discharged ADF Super members to stay with the fund were initially announced with the 2019-2020 Federal Budget.

Mayfair to drop use of platinum

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... Platinum brand name from 30 June 2020. Platinum Investment Management launched legal proceedings against Mayfair in the Federal Court in December 2019 alleging trademark infringement resulting from its trading name 'Mayfair Platinum'. Mayfair Platinum ...

ISA plays devil's advocate on SG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... 2.5% increase to 12%. However his study, which analysed almost three decades of wage data from all public and private federal enterprise bargaining agreements made since October 1991 - covering around 38% or Australian workers in 2018 - appeared to show ...

Chief economist update: Australian Renaissance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... There's an air of optimism up and about in this "Lucky Country", for while it would not escape a technical recession -- Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg acknowledged as much after the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released figures showing ...

SEC charges COVID-19 microcap scammers

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... complaint has charged the defendants and the offshore entities with violating antifraud and registration provisions of federal securities laws, and is seeking "permanent injunctions, conduct based injunctions, disgorgement of allegedly ill-gotten gains ...

Rest climate change trial delayed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
... industry superannuation fund over its management of climate change risk has been delayed. New orders were made in the Federal Court yesterday, with the trial date pushed back from July 20 to November 2. Mediation in the case is to occur by August 28 ...

US GDP to contract 6.5%: Fed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
The US Federal Reserve has projected rates will remain near zero through 2022 and GDP will contract 6.5% as a result of COVID-19. The Fed also pledged to maintain at least the current pace of asset purchases, which is around US$80 billion per month. ...

ASIC quietly granted new access to phone taps

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
... include recorded phone calls, would be obtained by ASIC from agencies that have the power to intercept - the state and federal police, ASIO and anti-corruption bodies. An ASIC spokesperson explained the regulator can now receive and use intercepted material ...