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Government declares record deficit, super reforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... ensuring your super works better for you," Frydenberg said. All said; the Morrison government is focused on boosting consumer and business confidence, and growing the economy through spending and the creation of jobs. Australia's economy is forecast ...

Chief economist update: Winter of Europe's discontent

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... service sector posted its biggest contraction (47.6) since May (30.5) as, according to Markit Economics: "Face-to-face consumer businesses in particular have been hit by intensifying virus concerns". It's now also reflected in inflation. Preliminary ...

Fintechs receive JobMaker funding boost

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... program to allow businesses to quickly view, update and maintain registry data in one location ($420m); Rollout of the Consumer Data Right to the banking and energy sectors ($28.5m); Acceleration of 5G to conduct commercial trials and testbeds in sectors ...

ACCC amends consumer data right rules

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) amended the consumer data right rules to allow intermediaries to collect data on behalf of third party recipients. The changes will allow accredited businesses to obtain consumer data with their ...

Chief economist update: Pandemic, what pandemic?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
... of US$78.33/metric tonne it plumbed in early February, after China put Wuhan in lockdown. Being the biggest iron ore consumer (69.1% of total world iron imports), what happens to China dictates the direction of the price of Australia's biggest commodity ...

GMO launches global equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... Taiwan. The biggest sectors were IT (about 36% of the portfolio), health care (24.3%) and communication services and consumer discretionary (both over 11%). "Over our 40 year history, GMO has learnt that investing in top quality companies with durable ...

BABL named, shamed over Great Southern

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... occurred between February 2015 and February 2019. The breaches included non-compliance with a number of the code's important consumer protections, such as debt collection practices and the treatment of customers experiencing financial difficulty. The ...

ETFs undermine product comparison: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
The proliferation of products in the booming exchange-traded funds market is confusing investors and making it impossible to make like-for-like comparisons. New research from the US shows the exchange-traded product industry operates opaquely on many ...

Fintech appoints country head

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
Envestnet Yodlee has appointed Tim Poskitt as country manager for Australian and New Zealand operations. He was previously head of alternative finance and fintech at illion. Earlier in Poskitt's career he worked in global banking for HSBC and in corporate ...

Chief economist update: The W in the second wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... service sector posted its biggest contraction (47.6) since May (30.5) as, according to Markit Economics, "face-to-face consumer businesses in particular have been hit by intensifying virus concerns". This isn't lost on the Eurozone equity market. ...