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Thousands strike from work for climate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
... Simon Sheikh said: "We came together with other Australian businesses to form Not Business as Usual because there's nothing usual about students skipping school and asking adults to help them fight climate change." Future Super will be closed for ...

Chief economist update: Future path of fed funds rate

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2019
... Treasuries was unchanged at 1.8%; and the Bloomberg US dollar spot index ticked up by a mere 0.2%. Yes Virginia, there's nothing to write home to mother about. They're all within the normal day-to-day ups and downs of the markets. This is because ...

Chief economist update: Fed has Trump's trade war number

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
... Jackson Hole: Trump let loose on Twitter, virtually naming Powell an enemy of the state, saying: "As usual, the Fed did NOTHING! It is incredible that they can "speak" without knowing or asking what I am doing, which will be announced shortly. We have ...

Business savvy needed ahead of FASEA deadline

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
... the state of the industry. Reflecting on the last 12 months, Tynan told advisers: "We had a Royal Commission that was nothing about advice but you are dealing with the consequences." He was particularly critical of the Royal Commission's view on adviser's ...

Chief economist update: Trump should read Frank

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... 3.1%, respectively. Trump let loose on Twitter, virtually naming Powell an enemy of the state: "As usual, the Fed did NOTHING! It is incredible that they can "speak" without knowing or asking what I am doing, which will be announced shortly. We have ...

Chief economist update: Greater than the Great Recession of 2008

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
... swell bank reserves, the banks will not put these funds to work but will simply hold reserves. Result: no 5 for 1, "no nothing," simply a substitution on the bank's balance sheet of idle cash for old government bonds." Given present uncertainties ...

All options open for retirement income review

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2019
... universal super system," Scheerlinck said. "Calls to effectively remove low income earners from the super system have nothing to do with helping the less well-off and everything to do with saving the Government money." The AIST boss also criticised "well-paid ...

US bonds present ESG problem

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2019
... the things that a lot of people struggle with is the social issues in ESG. We all understand governance issues, we like nothing more than dissecting someone's pay. People generally understand environmental issues, particularly here in Australia. ...

Much review about nothing

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2019
The Government's recently announced review of Australia's retirement income system has been met with confusion by some of the industry's big players. "Speaking at the Bloomberg buy-side forum in Sydney recently, the newly-minted Assistant ...

Chief economist update: RBA justified to cut rates or not

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
... Australia (CEDA) event in Adelaide on June 20. Talking about 'The Labour Market and Spare Capacity', Lowe left nothing to speculators' imagination: "Monetary policy is one way of helping get us onto to a better path. The decision earlier ...