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AIST proposes crisis preparedness standards to APRA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2022
... Superannuation Trustees has acknowledged the difficulty of implementing industry-wide rulesets and has released its future crisis contingency planning recommendations to APRA. In its submission, the AIST said the balance of risks and credible recovery ...

TWUSUPER chair retires after two decades

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022
... members guide decision making at TWUSUPER," Sandy said. "Mr Galbally's time as chair has included the Global Financial Crisis and most recently, the coronavirus pandemic. Despite these challenges, Mr Galbally has led consistently and with composure." ...

Packhorse acquires trophy property, opens next raise

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2022
... capital raise and said in a time of political uncertainty, rising inflation, stock market volatility and a climate change crisis, wholesale and institutional investors were looking for the security afforded by real assets. Samway added Packhorse's ...

Low wage growth a deliberate design feature: ACTU

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2022
... government has either pursued policies that have exacerbated the problem or done nothing." In advocation for an end to the 'wage crisis', the ACTU report recommended the government implement appropriate economic, labour and industrial measures to empower ...

Super's defense against economic volatility

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2022
... Australian stock market at the peak of the GFC. Swan pointed out that super funds had done the same during the COVID-19 crisis. He said: "Funds stepped up to recapitalise business during the height of the pandemic, we lent to keep projects going when ...

Pain of commodity price increases to last: World Bank

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2022
... keep prices at historically high levels". Increases to energy prices since 2020 have been the largest since the 1973 oil crisis, the World Bank noted, and food commodity price increases and fertilisers have been the largest since 2008. Russia and Ukraine ...

'We're living in the world China is making': Conference

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2022
... China has become Australia's largest trading partner and helped to buttress Australia against the global financial crisis and the Asian financial crisis before that. Grant said that Australia like the rest of the world was clamouring for China's ...

Wayne Swan joins AIST board

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 22 APR 2022
... over 25 years in Parliament, including the lessons of helping manage the Australian economy during the global financial crisis as treasurer," Scheerlinck said. "As chair of the Caucus Economics Committee in 1993 he participated in the development and ...

Vanguard Personal Investor sees Delta boom

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2022
... by volatility, with cash flows on Vanguard's platform also remaining steady through volatility caused by the Ukraine crisis. While both buy and sell trades dipped in volume, cashing out activity remained at regular levels. "It is really pleasing ...

Recession-style policy but no recession: Grattan

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2022
... Institute chief executive Danielle Wood has argued the federal government is spending as though there is a recession or a crisis, although there is no such situation. Speaking at the Financial Standard Chief Economist Forum in Sydney today, Wood said ...