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ATO to verify early release requests

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
Senator Jane Hume has confirmed the Australian Taxation Office will be responsible for verifying early release super requests. Hume, the assistant minister for superannuation, financial services and financial technology, told the AFR Wealth Summit the ...

Chief economist update: Great Scott! Mighty Mo to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
I would have described him as 'super', but I've already used that moniker in reference to former European Central Bank (ECB) president Marion Draghi when he did "whatever it took" to save the splintering of the single currency region from ...

Extraordinary stimulus provides wage subsidy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
... alignment of interests between employees and employers in this case. When asked whether more could be done to help those in big cities afford rent, Morrison said there is a moratorium on evictions for commercial and residential leases and further rental ...

Super funds called out over liquidity

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
... in early April. Hearings on the financial advice sector will be scheduled for later in 2020. Wilson said hearings with the big four banks, which were scheduled for June this year, will be deferred until later in 2020. "It remains important that the banks ...

Chief economist update: A whole new world

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
Daily reports of the rising number infections and fatalities from COVID-19 are matched only by tightening restrictions on social interaction and the ever-increasing amount of money released from government and central bank coffers. How wide and far-ranging ...

Why banks are lifting TD rates

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... this week start offering a market-leading rate of 2% for an eight-month term deposit for people aged 65 and over." Of the big four, CBA lifted term deposits for 12 months to 1.7%, with Westpac matching the same rate as CBA. NAB lifted rates 5bps higher ...

No time to look back

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... grind back up again. "The 'coronavirus crash', if you call it that, is a bit different because coronavirus threatens a big disruption to economic activity which is clearly very hard for investors to price in how deep and long the recession will ...

Challenger general manager jumps to boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2020
... teams. His long track record will be significant in helping us build our presence and ultimately deliver on the firm's big ambitions in the retail segment," D'Introno. D'Introno led the retail business at Challenger Life and Fidante Partners ...

Times of turmoil create opportunities: deVere

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2020
... job losses in some sectors and huge - possibly unprecedented - job and investment opportunities in others." He pointed to big tech as a likely winner, as well as pharmaceutical and healthcare firms, delivery brands, supermarkets and manufacturers of ...

Avoid listed wealth giants: UBS

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2020
... Laying out how Australian equities can help investors through the current period of market volatility, UBS's analysts said big four bank ANZ was likely to prove a positive purchase given it could be used as an alternative source of yield thanks to its ...