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ASIC extends olive branch to inside traders

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... services breaches of the law. "ASIC continues to develop and implement new tools to combat and detect misconduct. The Immunity Policy enhances ASIC's ability to identify and take enforcement action against complex markets and financial services contraventions," ...

Actuaries Institute names new president

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... expand their remit, taking on greater and more diverse roles in managing risk. "We must continue to lead in areas of public policy where we have the insight to create real change," he said. "We need to continue to strengthen relationships with governments ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street can't have its cake and eat it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
... prayin' for Biden's US$1.2 trillion fiscal stimulus package passes and that the Fed continue to maintain loose monetary policy... sans inflation. But to quote the title of the 2003 American romantic comedy film, "something's gotta give"... ...

SMSFs given small LRBA win

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
... announcement by the Australian Tax Office was welcomed by the SMSF Association. SMSFA deputy chief executive and director of policy and education Peter Burgess said the option of capitalising interest in circumstances where the SMSF would be eligible ...

Investors on red alert despite vaccines

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
... more pessimistic outlook, believing that the global economy will not recover from COVID-19 in 2021. A majority (60%) said policy makers in their home country have been ineffective in their response to the pandemic. However, investors in Asia (66%) buck ...

Chief economist update: Australia's not jobless recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
It's only been only two weeks since the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) provided a more optimistic assessment of and outlook for the domestic labour market. In its February 2021 'Statement on Monetary Policy' (SoMP), the RBA declared that ...

Chief economist update: Patience is the word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
... of the woods yet and therefore, worrywarts need not be concerned over rising inflation - that would prompt the Fed taper policy accommodation. "Participants observed that the economy was far from achieving the committee's broad-based and inclusive ...

SMSFs primed for best financial interests duty

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2021
... meeting the looming best financial interest rules, according to its peak body. SMSF Association deputy chief and director of policy and education Peter Burgess told the association's first day of its National Conference this morning that the reform ...

Chief economist update: Red metal turning red hot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2021
... rallying. Wall Street continues to register fresh highs, pulling up 'the others' along with it, powered by fiscal and monetary policy largesse... and FOMO (fear of missing out) and TINA (there is no alternative). However, the rise and rise in copper ...

Financial services sees improved mental health

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
... sixth in 2019 (up by 3.3 points to 67.6 out of 100). All five domains of thriving workplaces (connectedness, leadership, policy, culture and capability) showed improvement, with the policy domain recording the strongest improvement. The study found that ...