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What you read in 2020

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020
... months, ASIC responds (May 21) Rainmaker analysis of the ASIC Financial Adviser Register revealed that 1488 advisers had fallen off the register between January and May 2020, with the bulk dropping off in the three months to May 21. In response, ASIC ...

Super SA to close growth option

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
... Bank of Australia (RBA) and global central banks, yields for short-term fixed interest securities (defensive assets) have fallen towards zero per cent," the fund said. "This record low interest rate environment is likely to persist for a number of years ...

JobKeeper saved 700,000 jobs: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... additional employment relationships being lost in the short term," the RBA said. "Without JobKeeper, employment would have fallen by twice as much as it did. Our estimates are close to (or, a little larger than) Treasury's earlier estimates of the number ...

Audit inquiry overlooks vertical integration

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
An inquiry into the quality of audits has fallen short of recommending the breakup of the largest four vertically integrated accounting firms in a bid to combat conflicts of interest. The Regulation of Auditing in Australia: Final Report, tabled in ...

Aberdeen drops fees on fixed income fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020
... remains an asset class that provides negative correlation to risk assets such as equities, and while the running yield has fallen, the potential for capital gains remains - particularly as the RBA embarks upon an expanded asset purchase program." Jollie ...

Super needs improvement: Report card

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
Australia's pension system has fallen short of its world-class status, according to a global study, which rated the $3 trillion superannuation industry a 'B'. The Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index ranked Australia fourth out of 39 ...

Pandemic batters life insurers

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... but this was down by 43% year on year. KPMG insurance sector lead David Kells said the industry's profits have either fallen or losses worsened on almost every metric. "This was always likely to be a tough 12 months for the life industry, starting ...

Chief economist update: Morrison manufactures Australia's future

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... before the pandemic froze economic activity. Consequentially, manufacturing jobs as a share of total employment has also fallen to around 7.1% this year from 16.7% in 1984 (the earliest I could find). The prime minister's initiative to revive manufacturing ...

Chief economist update: Rents under covid

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
... where rents declined by over 10% in the June quarter while in the Melbourne CBD, rents declined by 13%." They would have fallen by more had it not for government largesse. "Most jurisdictions implemented an initial 60-day moratorium (which expired in ...

Female ASX 200 chiefs fall

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020
The number of female chief executives in the ASX 200 has fallen over the last two years to just 10, with a not-for-profit organisation urging that "we can, and must, do better". The Chief Executive Women ASX 200 Senior Executive Census is now in its ...