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Banks will step out of wealth: Medcraft

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 OCT 2017
... partners to do the review' which in turn would lead to less time needed to complete reviews," Medcraft said. The soon-to-be OECD director said ASIC supported the development of sector specific codes of conduct because the alternative was the regulator ...

Pension fund consortium acquires renewable energy portfolio

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 OCT 2017
... strategy since its founding five years ago." The transaction positions GIP as a dominant renewable energy developer in the key OECD growth markets of Australia and Japan, as well as across India and South East Asia. Equis Energy chair David Russell said ...

Australia lax in fighting financial crime

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2017
... which is currently "diffused." He added that the Australian Government has been criticised over a number of years by the OECD in terms of what it does, how it manages the issue and how proactively it takes the lead. Waldren noted that regulationon on ...

Super lump sums increase poverty risks: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2017
... retirees over 75-years-old are income-poor, and living on less than half the median income of the population, according to the OECD Preventing Ageing Unequally report. Choosing lump sum payments from pension schemes "can truly increase the risk of falling ...

Super funds partner to tackle the coal problem

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... gradually transitioning away from coal and where new investment opportunities are arising. The report notes that in comparison to OECD peers, the emissions intensity of Australian electricity generation is about 90% higher than the average - but this ...

Superannuation gets another makeover

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 15 SEP 2017
... requirement for member representation when it is widely recognised as best practice is a backwards step for Australia. In fact, OECD encourages member representatives to ensure a better alignment of interests between the fund and the members," she said. ...

US$4.1 billion infrastructure debt fundraising secured

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 21 AUG 2017
... seeing further opportunities across a range of sectors including renewables, telecommunications and energy distribution in OECD countries. Infrastructure companies increasingly view private mezzanine debt as an ideal source of funding for a range of ...

Discretionary trusts crackdown short-sighted

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2017
... couples' combined income (and in some cases whole families) are taxed as one single unit - a practice common in several major OECD countries including the US, he noted. "This is a good approach where you end up with a system that encourages people to ...

Good jobs, sluggish pay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017
... correlation between the unemployment rate and the NAIRU (non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment) - as estimated by the OECD - indicates that wages should have been growing after the unemployment gap vanished (unemployment rate less NAIRU) in ...

The problem with currency extrapolation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2017
... 8.5% gain. These suggest that the government's 2017 growth target of 6.5% is safely within reach and perhaps outdone, if the OECD and the IMF's revised 2017 forecasts of 6.6% and 6.7%, respectively, comes to fruition. This is good news for Australia. ...