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APRA finalises rules for financial crisis readiness

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2023
... while there'd been marked advancement in the contingency planning of APRA-regulated entities, enduring discrepancies in crisis management capabilities continued, he added. On the finalisation of CPS 190 and CPS 900, Londsdale specified that superannuation ...

Top ETF megatrends: Global X

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAY 2023
... the past decade, making renewable power cheaper than fossil fuel power. Global X analysts anticipate that the EU energy crisis will have a huge impact on energy independence globally. Renewables are currently around 29% of energy production as of 2020 ...

US default risk: Are credit default swaps signalling trouble?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAY 2023
... severe market reaction with market volatility approaching or even exceeding levels observed during the 2008 global financial crisis," he said. "In such a scenario, we would anticipate that Congress would move quickly to resolve the situation; however ...

PwC picks senior leaders to oversee review

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2023
... independent review of the firm and its own Tony O'Malley has been appointed chief risk and ethics leader amid the ongoing tax crisis. The independent review, originally announced last week, will be conducted by Switkowski following the firm's ...

Budget of missed opportunities: Industry

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2023
... Commonwealth Rent Assistance (CRA) of 15% to Australians that need it the most to help them navigate this cost-of-living crisis which will help alleviate the pressures on a touted 1.1 million Australians," he said. However, Groves commented that while ...

What you need to know about the 2023-24 budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... geopolitical tensions and the risk of global financial systems collapsing. "Outside of the pandemic and the Global Financial Crisis, the next two years are expected to be the weakest for global growth in over two decades. This will affect us here in ...

Labor strengthens economic equality initiatives

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAY 2023
... costing about $2.7 billion over five years in order alleviate cost-of-living pressures. To ease the housing affordability crisis, Labor will increase the National Housing Finance and Investment Corporation's liability cap by $2 billion to $7.5 billion ...

LongView launches shared equity fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2023
LongView has launched a new fund that aims to help solve Australia's housing affordability crisis by co-investing alongside homebuyers. The LongView Shared Equity Fund co-invests with would-be homeowners via shared equity in which LongView also helps ...

Global investors look to strike gold: Study

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2023
... said the key reason for increased allocations to gold and gold miners is growing concern about an international banking crisis. In fact, 60% saw gold's role as a hedge against inflation among their top four reasons for increasing allocations. Finally ...

Top 10% pocket 93% of Australia's wealth: Research

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 APR 2023
... Australia dream has turned into an inequality nightmare with the maldistribution of economic gains fuelling the cost-of-living crisis for low-and middle-income Australians." Grudnoff said the Stage 3 tax cuts, "which will see people earning over $180,000 ...