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Chief economist update: Different contagion, same fiscal policy divide

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2020
... reported its third straight decline in the number of deaths. The French were put under house arrest on March 17 and a day short of three weeks, the country has reported its lowest daily death toll in a week. Hope for the best... Certainly, a swallow ...

Industry bodies work to ease regulatory burdens

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
Industry groups want the government to make fast, cheap financial advice possible for those impacted by the COVID-19 downturn - especially when it comes to early access to super. The Regulatory Burden Taskforce - comprised of the Financial Planning ...

Pandemic response concerns overblown

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
... added that if the nation continues to think about fiscal responses to the crisis "as loans that need to be paid back on a short clock", Australia would "do too little on the fiscal front". "We will damage the ability of the economy to come out this crisis ...

Asset devaluation continues

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
... experience lower valuations in the current climate than they would ordinarily have had prior to the emergence of COVID-19 a few short months ago," Hostplus said. "With this in mind, we have worked closely with our investment managers and asset consultant ...

Time to step up or face the music

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... all Australians to step up. "There's great uncertainty about the shape and duration of the infection curve, about its short and longer-term implications, about government action and about appropriate business responses," he said. "What's clear ...

Could relief on advice compliance save consumers?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... Association is proposing includes increasing the time an adviser has to provide an SOA in time-critical situations and allowing short form SOAs, especially for new clients wanting to act on government relief announcements including early access to super. ...

Business unusual: COVID-19 threats facing real estate

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... decision making when there is uncertainty, and this will affect job creation and therefore office demand," Hicks said. "In short, there will be an impact on property performance but its severity depends heavily on the duration and spread of the virus ...

Self-isolation to accelerate secular trends

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... adversely affects office landlord's rent roll longer term. "The answer to this is something [I] suspect no one will know short term, but is an interesting paradigm shift worth thinking about for a longer term investor," Kururangi said. Mitchell said ...

Shortseller ordered to pay $900,000 by court

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
The New South Wales supreme court has ordered Bonitas Research and its principal Matthew Wiechert to pay about $900,000 in damages and costs to ASX-listed Rural Funds Management. Texas-based Bonitas, last August, published a report alleging RFF was ...

How PYS changes caused 34% premium hikes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
Significant hikes in group insurance premiums have been put down to the Protecting Your Super reforms - with members of four superannuation funds facing premium increases of 34%. Members of Crescent Wealth Super, Members of Defence Bank, Bankfirst and ...