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Future Fund to hire 70 for investment team

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021
... Future Fund is based with the rest in Sydney as required. Earlier in the hearings, Arndt addressed inflation concerns. "Policy settings continue to support markets for the time being. But this is priced into assets and unwinding these measures will be ...

Chief economist update: RBNZ will run out of patience next year

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021
... sustainable level. Meeting these requirements will necessitate considerable time and patience." The RBNZ's monetary policy statement suggests that that time is near, and patience would run out by the third quarter of next year. This is because New ...

Aware Super adds government relations head

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
The $140 billion super fund has promoted a portfolio manager as head of government relations and policy. Andrea Forbes joined Aware Super in April 2020 as a portfolio manager in the asset management team. In her new role, Forbes will lead the government ...

Chief economist update: Twist in tail of Aussie economic revival

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAY 2021
... economic revival has come and will be made stronger by additional spending announced in the budget and continued monetary policy accommodation by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA). Too much of a good thing (stronger growth) isn't a good thing (rising ...

Actuaries Institute unveils IDII recommendations

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 MAY 2021
... succinct and accessible ways to simply explain what is and is not covered - not just at inception, but continually during the policy period. This would complement the policy document and/or PDS," the Provisional findings and recommended actions for individual ...

Hostplus eyes Intrust merger

KANIKA SOOD, ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2021
... as to super fund merger activity across the market," Intrust chief executive Brendan O'Farrell said. "As a matter of policy, we do not comment on such speculation, or any other potential commercial arrangements between or with other entities." Hostplus ...

Super fund whistleblower policies lacking: ASIC

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021
... Superannuation Funds in Adelaide on May 20, ASIC commissioner Danielle Press called attention to drawbacks in whistleblower policy requirements that came into effect earlier this year. "Close to half the policies in our sample omitted at least one key ...

Chief economist: The wages of slow wages growth

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2021
... Inflation is the least of the RBA's worries. But it continues to blow bubbles in the property market so long as it keeps policy stimulative.

Tempered positivity post-pandemic: Experts

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
A panel of policy, research and economics experts at the Conference of Major Superannuation Funds offered their view of the COVID-19 recovery, revealing how the pandemic changed economies. AlphaBeta Australia managing director Amit Singh referred to ...

Generational wealth gap continues to widen

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
... in home ownership among young people is stark. "Intergenerational issues are growing," Miller said. "There are a lot of policy ideas out there that could be good for Australia, and a lot of those address intergenerational issues." He added that COVID-19 ...