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RBA prepares to scale up bond buying

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020
The Reserve Bank of Australia kept interest rates steady at its July meeting but said it is standing ready to scale-up its bond buying purchases again to ensure bond markets remain functional. The RBA board decided to maintain the current policy settings ...

BT un-aligns group insurance, awards mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2020
... 4 May 2020, Westpac announced a review of its business units - determining that several business units lacked sufficient scale. One of those units was its life insurance business. BT super switching group life insurer away from Westpac was flagged as ...

Experts battle for GST reform

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... increasing the main rate to 12.5% could increase collections by anywhere between $14 billion and $40 billion. This is the scale of all state, territory and local tax collections on payroll ($26 billion in 2018-19) or stamp duties ($19 billion in 2018-19) ...

Indigenous foundation teams up with super funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... Superannuation can act as vehicle that creates intergenerational wealth for Aboriginal people. But to have an impact on this scale we can't do it alone. We need super funds and industry bodies to be on board." UniSuper chief executive Kevin O'Sullivan ...

Land tax, not stamp duty: Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020
... basis for taxation, and this way of distributing the tax burden is poorly justified on equity grounds. While a progressive scale means that wealthier property buyers generally pay higher duty, which supports vertical equity, this rationale only applies ...

Super funds merge, board revealed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
... members within the first year," Dundon said. "While VicSuper has been a high-performing fund, our board knew that accessing scale through a merger would be key to driving value for our members into the future." Dundon said the merger marks the achievement ...

Cbus, Media Super explore merger

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2020
... Media Super's predecessor, Just Super. Both funds are good performers, but the merger will be a significant addition in scale for Media Super. On a three-year basis to April end, Cbus's default option is the 11th best performer with 5% p.a. in ...

Investors should factor in climate risk: JANA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2020
... includes looking to target investments that would benefit from the transition to a low carbon economy. However, for larger scale investment in particular, policy and regulatory uncertainty needs to be overcome," he said. A survey of JANA clients also ...

Prodigy boutique finds new strategic partner

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
... Flinders and Equus Point Capital. Euroz pulled out in March, taking the view that Prodigy had failed to reach sufficient scale, and industry headwinds and barriers to entry were strong. At the time of the decision, Prodigy's boutiques had about $80 ...

Chief economist update: Japan on the mend but BOJ, Abe not taking any chances

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
... Party's (LDP) tax panel, Akira Amari, had recently been quoted announcing that: "The government is expected to compile a full-scale economic stimulus package to support growth this fall as the previous two were to protect lives, jobs and firms. In ...