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Economic recap: Week to July 16

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
... inflation expectations climbed to 2.9% from 2.8%. Higher expected inflation - that could pressure into slowing/halting policy stimulation - sent consumer sentiment down from June's final reading of 85.5 to a preliminary score of 80.8 in early July ...

Top economist Don Stammer to fund UNE scholarship

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... their later appointments to the position of governor - but in my view, each provided outstanding leadership of monetary policy and financial reform." Stammer is known by his peers and colleagues for his humility, which belies his career trajectory that ...

No charges in AMP BOLR investigation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
ASIC's criminal investigation into AMP's fee-for-no-service conduct related to its Buyer of Last Resort Policy has wrapped up, with the regulator and Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions determining no charges should be brought. Under ...

Super fund awards first ESG mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2021
... securities. This is the first ESG mandate the super fund has awarded and, as First Super implements a Responsible Investing Policy, has scope to increase to $500 million. Cameron Hume was founded in 2011 and now has about US$1.02 billion in funds under ...

Ian Silk to leave AustralianSuper

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2021
... joined the Victorian government's Office of Industrial Relations, where his positions included serving as a senior policy officer, wages policy specialist and an advocate in national wage cases. He moved onto work at the building and construction ...

Active Super returns 23%

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
... volatility coming," he said. "So, we're watching things like inflation, what impact that will have on the central bank [policy] -- where they will start to think that raising interest rates." He said a higher cash rate probably won't happen for ...

OnePath to remediate over pressure selling

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
... the product. The insurer was also found to have failed to provide those buying policies with accurate information about policy exclusions and to have led consumers to believe that the salesperson was calling from ANZ Bank with a special customer offer. ...

Economic recap: Week to July 9

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
... higher commodity prices on business production and operation, the meeting decided to maintain the stability of the monetary policy and enhance its effectiveness, without resorting to massive stimulus," he said. "Cuts in the required reserve ratio and ...

Lying rife in life insurance applications

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUL 2021
Nearly 20% of Australians have lied on their life insurance application to get a cheaper policy, new research shows. Comparison site Finder's latest research revealed 3.8 million people have lied on their life insurance application. Men were found to ...

Fund managers failing value assessments: FCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUL 2021
... and May 2021 by the Financial Conduct Authority found that active managers do not seriously consider how their investment policy, strategy and fees work together to deliver value for investors. Such managers assessed their fund performance by comparing ...