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Chief economist update: The A$ will answer the question of how much more

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2019
When the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) met and decided to keep the official cash rate unchanged at 0.75% on November 5, Governor Philip Lowe issued this optimistic statement: "After a soft patch in the second half of last year, a gentle turning point ...

FIIG makes first impact investing play

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
Specialist fixed income house FIIG Securities partnered with the microfinance arm of World Vision to launch its first impact investing product in Australia. FIIG Securities and VisionFund International launched an impact bond to the Australian market ...

Chief economist update: RBA rate cut outlook

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2019
No RBA rate cut on race day, no more rate cuts... ever! The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest update on the country's consumer price inflation has changed market expectations with regards to how low the Reserve Bank of Australia ...

AMP contests senior lawyer's claims

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2019
Larissa Baker Cook overplayed her role in fee-for-no-services escalation and could be "verbose and dominant" in conversations, AMP says in its defence to her claim seeking compensation for unfair dismissal. The senior lawyer dragged her former employer ...

Frozen fund pays investors

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2019
Investors stuck in a Queensland-based mortgage income fund that went belly up in the GFC have finally received an interim distribution. LM First Mortgage Income Fund's unitholders are set to receive an interim distribution of 6.5 cents for each dollar ...

FASEA exam dates revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2019
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority provided an update on the exam all financial advisers must sit. The Authority confirmed the December round of exams will be held from December 5-9 in 19 centres across Australia including regional ...

Chief economist update: When monetary and fiscal policies don't meet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2019
He said, he said. This must be a thing now. Just as US President Trump and his central bank governor Jerome Powell don't see eye to eye with the conduct of government and monetary policies, there is no meeting of the minds between Australian Prime ...

SG increase will not help women: Treasury

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
Forty percent of single women are estimated to retire in poverty, but Treasury think increasing the superannuation guarantee won't do much for women's lower superannuation balances. February documents released by the Treasury under freedom of information ...

Treasury agreed with Grattan SG modelling

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
Grattan's report arguing Aussies retire with enough and government should scrap increasing the superannuation guarantee to 12% was "broadly consistent" with Treasury's own modelling, staff emails show. In November, Grattan said most workers ...

Big Super Day Out success, but more to be done

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2019
The First Nations Foundation's 2019 Big Super Day Out reconnected more than $9.5 million in superannuation with Indigenous Australians. Taking off in July, the Indigenous-led super roadshow hit Darwin, Kununurra and Broome before heading to East Arnhem ...