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Trustee of the Year announced

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
... your steadfast resolve to ensure that decisions are made for the right reasons, with more than a healthy dose of respect for good governance practices that has impressed me the most," Spirit Super chief executive Leeanne Turner, who has worked with Dahn ...

Boards should be "strap-on brains": Cosgrove

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
... advice to corporate Australia on the role of boards and leaders. Cosgrove delivered a speech on leadership strategies through good times and bad, drawing on his military experience, at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds in Adelaide today. Corporate ...

Chief economist update: A half-glass full look at inflation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... organically and not kept on monetary and fiscal life support. What's wrong with that? What's there to fear? It'll be a good sign if the Fed - followed by other central banks - reduce policy accommodation tomorrow, indicating a return to pre-coronavirus ...

Chief economist update: Be afraid of inflation expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2021
US Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis president James Bullard's recent virtual presentation provided a timely venue for the Fed to push back on inflation fears that drove equity markets down a day before. The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis' ...

Deborah Ralston joins Household Capital

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021
... through the eyes of consumers, their needs and the regulation of markets that meet them," Ralston said. "Australians enjoy good health and long lives, high quality housing, a sustainable pension system and a leading superannuation savings system. I'm ...

Chief economist update: Frydenberg spends big

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
... mitigate the drop in aggregate demand in times of recessions to stabilise economic output - has put the Australian economy in good stead. "Ahead of any major advanced economy, Australia has seen employment go above its pre-pandemic levels. At 5.6%, unemployment ...

No early super release for DV survivors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
Among several other initiatives aimed at boosting women's economic security, the government has confirmed it will not proceed with plans to extend the early release of superannuation to family and domestic violence survivors. Scrapping the plan will ...

Investors greenlight LIC to ETF conversion

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... Trust did the same. Dogan said Perpetual hadn't received similar enquiries yet. "We are excited. The performance has been good [and] NTA is at market price," he said.

Chief economist update: Iron ore is the glue that binds China and Australia

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... boost output due to operational constraints as a result of the pandemic and a dam disaster two years ago". What's not so good for Brazil is heaven sent for Australia. Despite the escalation of diplomatic and trade tensions between Beijing and Canberra ...

What to expect from the budget

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
Ahead of the federal budget tonight, there is already some good news for the superannuation sector and small businesses. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has released details about a few initiatives that will be included in the budget. The government will ...