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Former AFA chief in new role

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2021
... a financial planning business and worked at ING and the Associated Planners Management. At the AFA, general manager of policy and professionalism Phil Anderson serves as acting chief executive while the AFA board searches for a permanent replacement. ...

Inheritance not expected: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUL 2021
... out, the younger generation are not particularly money hungry - even supporting an inheritance tax. According to social policy expert Veronica Coram from the University of South Australia's alliance for social enterprise, public resistance to inheritance ...

Chief economist update: Local and foreign love affair with Australian property

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2021
... billion from A$12.9 billion in 2018-19. The FIRB's approvals of residential property new development is part of its policy to encourage investment in the sector aimed at increasing the supply of new houses and thus, relieve escalating house prices. ...

Chief economist update: Delta variant infects Australian economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021
... beast." - The Eagles, 'Hotel California' Only a few days after the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept monetary policy settings unchanged and repeated its assurance that interest rates will remain at the record low 0.1% "until 2024 at the earliest" ...

UK pension funds pushed to merge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
... market, this is the appropriate cut off- for now. I strongly encourage views for this call for evidence to help shape further policy on consolidation in the DC market," he said. There is now about 1560 workplace pension schemes active in the UK, according ...

KPMG promotes two super experts

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
... Macquarie. Storniolo also spent over four years at the Financial Services Council prior to joining KPMG, working in a senior policy management role covering financial advice and investment policy development. Julie Dolan was recently made a partner ...

Chief economist update: Japan still waiting for the sun to rise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 JUN 2021
... continue growing with a virtuous cycle from income to spending intensifying." The BOJ decided to keep current monetary policy settings unchanged at the meeting but extended its pandemic relief programme by six months to the end of March 2022.

MSCI reviews emerging market classifications

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... creation of investment derivatives including ETFs, futures and options contracts. "As a reminder, any anti-competitive policy put forth by any exchange in any market in the world that restricts the availability of investment Instruments and results in ...

Chief economist update: UK not there yet

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
Financial markets widely expected the Bank of England's (BOE) decision to keep current monetary policy settings unchanged at its June monetary policy committee meeting. "The MPC voted unanimously to maintain Bank Rate at 0.1%... and to maintain ...

SG increase to self-fund retirement

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021
... with $485,000. "The key objective of super is to provide dignity in retirement," ASFA deputy chief executive and chief policy officer Glen McCrea said. "It's clear that the Super Guarantee rise puts Australians firmly on track to achieve the dignified ...