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Industry super pours $19.5bn into Australian recovery

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
... and industry funds will play a significant role," Combet said. "Crucial to the industry funds contribution to economic recovery will be policy stability in the super system."

Rest names chief investment officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... investment opportunities that generate strong long-term returns for our members and can support Australia's economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic." Prior to taking on his current role in 2018, Lill served as chief investment officer of ...

At least $70bn more in stimulus needed: Grattan

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... something like full-time employment. "While state governments should deploy what stimulus they can to support the economic recovery, and should avoid premature fiscal tightening, the federal government will need to fund the lion's share of any stimulus," ...

Government urged to extend stimulus

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
... of a second outbreak, GDP could fall by 5% in 2020." The OECD said there is ample fiscal space to support the economic recovery as needed and the scarring effects of unemployment should be alleviated through education and training, as well as enhancing ...

Chief economist update: Don't fight the Fed

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
... chair Jerome Powell explained in his press conference: "What the June SEP shows is a general expectation of an economic recovery beginning in the second half of this year and lasting over the next couple of years, supported by interest rates that remain ...

FSC calls for SMSF access to infrastructure

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... part of this critical recovery operation," the FSC said. The FSC developed a report, Accelerating Australia's Economic Recovery, proposing policy ideas to assist economic growth, and help people manage their own financial challenges during the current ...

Wage growth, not wage cuts

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... Economics visiting fellow, and former senior public servant Michael Keating argued wage growth could help in the economic recovery. "When wages grow, spending grows (so-called 'aggregate demand'), and so does the economy, as measured by gross domestic ...

Rich Dad feels for financial advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... Australian audiences with The great depression ahead author Harry Dent. Dent has a decidedly bleak view on the economic recovery post-pandemic. "I don't think this virus is going be around that long but what we'll find is that we don't come ...

Financial stress increases despite relaxed conditions

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... coronavirus curve and the beginning of easing restrictions, Australians are turning their attention to the path to economic recovery," the Melbourne Institute said. "Satisfaction with government economic policies to support jobs and keep people at work ...

Plan for the worst, hope for the best

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... is you're better off erring on the side of caution." Wilson is still slightly bearish, and believes the economic recovery will take longer than what is currently being priced in. "We've still got a lot of unknowns that will become clear over ...