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Chief economist update: Be afraid of inflation expectations

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2021
... when then Fed chair Janet Yellen announced the first interest rate hike since the global financial crisis of 2009 in December 2016. These countermeasures kept reversed inflation expectations and kept measured inflation within target. She was the chair ...

Media Super ups fees, premiums

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021
... Meanwhile, the fund is also increasing death, total and permanent disability and income protection premiums from July 1. In December 2020, Media Super had already increased income protection premiums. From July, income protection in the fund's old default ...

Chief economist update: Inflation scare

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021
... price index - the central bank's favoured inflation measure - would grow by 2.4% in 2021 (from 1.8% projected in December 2020) before slowing to 2.0% in 2022 (from 1.9%) and lifting ever so gently to 2.1% in 2023 (from 2.0%).... and don't forget ...

Advice practices set to benefit from tax cuts

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
... commitment by the Government to reduce the number of regulators in financial advice by confirming the wind down of FASEA by 31 December 2021, and putting increased caps on ASIC's spending," FPA chief executive Dante De Gori said. "The practical changes ...

Key Treasury initiatives outlined

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
... Small Business Ombudsman ($49m) and the continued operation of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority until December 31 ($2.5m).

Chief economist update: Bad news is good news is back

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 MAY 2021
... issued under the CARES Act in March 2020; there's the cheque for US$600 per person (US$600 per child) announced in December 2020; there's the US$1400 per person (plus US$1,400 per each dependent of all ages) signed off in March 2021. In addition ...

Housing market reaches new heights

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2021
... In the three months to April, national home values rose 6.8%, marking the highest quarterly dwelling growth rate since December 1988. "The Australian dwelling market has reached fresh record highs for the past four months, but the end of April marked ...

Mainstream bidding heats up

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
... 348 clients and 1042 funds at March end, up 1% (five net new clients) and 13% (162 net new funds) respectively from the December quarter. "We are delighted with this result. It is beyond our expectations and our strongest quarter to-date," Mainstream ...

Chief economist update: Japan's elusive virtuous cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAY 2021
... "virtuous cycle" I found was in the Japanese central bank's "Summary of Opinions at the Monetary Policy Meeting on December 20 and 21, 2017" document. "Japan's economy is expanding moderately, with a virtuous cycle from income to spending operating. ...

Legalsuper adds Law Institute of Victoria chief

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
... as a vital attribute, in keeping with legalsuper's recognised excellence in corporate governance," Mander said. As at December 2020, legalsuper was the 49 th largest superannuation fund group in Australia by funds under management, according to Rainmaker ...