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Super funds merge, board revealed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
... way," Stewart said. "Together we will leverage our combined scale to invest in ways that strengthen our community and the economy while continuing to deliver strong, sustainable long-term returns for members." Stewart said the merger has created Australia's ...

Challenges abound as super poises for COVID-19 recovery

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
... Cbus chief executive David Atkin argued that the scheduled increase would both benefit individual members as well as the economy. "Notwithstanding the commentary that has come out from those backbenchers... [the increase to the SG has been] legislated ...

Industry super pours $19.5bn into Australian recovery

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
... infrastructure projects; in a move that Industry Super Australia (ISA) chair Greg Combet says will help rebuild the Australian economy. The multi-billion capital expenditure was identified by a survey of industry super funds, IFM Investors and the Industry ...

Pitcher Partners promotes six

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
... business personal for the many business owners and leaders leading the middle-market - the engine room of Australia's economy." Separately, the Barron's list announced last week featured five financial advisers from the firm: Charlie Viola from Pitcher ...

Chief economist update: Extraordinarily uncertain outlook

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell has painted an optimistic picture of developments in the US economy while at the same time warning of extraordinary uncertainty. "As the economy reopens, incoming data are beginning to reflect a resumption of economic ...

SG does wonders for households: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... otherwise be the case. Therefore, ASFA says the superannuation guarantee is not only doing its job but has benefitted the economy as a whole and will continue to do so, stabilising Age Pension expenditure. Assuming the SG is raised to 12%, the amount ...

At least $70bn more in stimulus needed: Grattan

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... will have to inject up to $90 billion of additional fiscal stimulus over the next two years if it wants to return the economy to full employment, a new report from Grattan Institute says. The $70 billion to $90 billion required accounts for 3% to 4% ...

Investors turn to China-focused strategies

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... that requires a finer approach; especially because there are plenty of high quality SOEs in dynamic areas of China's economy which could prove beneficial for investors," MarketGrader chief executive Carlos Diez said. Instead, the index provider recommends ...

Former BMO head joins big four executive line-up

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... and to be leading Business & Private Banking, which at its core is all about supporting its customers and the broader economy," he said. "I look forward to working with my colleagues at NAB to grow these foundations as we help our customers through the ...

Chief economist update: This rebound is brought to you by the letter V

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... International Monetary Fund (IMF) tells the same story. The 'OECD Economic Outlook, June 2020' report shows the Eurozone economy contracting by more than the OECD group nations this year - minus 9.1% versus minus 7.5% (under a single-hit scenario) ...