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Chief economist update: Australian pessimism eases

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
... score indicates that pessimism still rules and as the survey notes: "Confidence is negative in all industries despite improvements outside of mining and rec & personal in the month. Given the size of the current economic shock, confidence remains tightly ...

Chief economist update: V in US recovery at risk

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
... fourth consecutive month of decline since hitting a record high 14.7% in April this year. According to the BLS: "These improvements in the labor market reflected the continued resumption of economic activity that had been curtailed due to the coronavirus ...

Super remains grossly inequitable: Per Capita

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
... universality, the superannuation system will return to be a predominantly male privilege and women's hard-fought improvements in economic security and independence in retirement over the past three decades will be lost," Wood said. "We call on the government ...

APRA reviews priorities in super

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... Corporate Plan. While the early release of superannuation continues to be a top priority, APRA listed other areas of improvements in the sector that require its focus in the short term, one of which is unlisted asset valuations. Before the end of 2021 ...

APRA issues new licence conditions on NULIS

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... corroborated in an independent report by Deloitte. NULIS will be required to undertake timely remediation by implementing improvements in its governance and control environment and appointing an independent expert to report on compliance with its licence ...

New law backs choice of fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2020
... higher fees. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Martin Fahy welcomed the new law. "Improvements in the efficiency of contributions processing (through the adoption of SuperStream) have made the right to exercise choice ...

Tasplan changes asset allocation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... members of both funds. The combined fund's scale will provide efficiencies that can be passed on to members through improvements to products and services, low fees and strong returns," Tasplan said. "As a result of the merger there may be further changes ...

Corporate climate risk disclosures must show more: IGCC

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC), Full Disclosure: Improving corporate reporting on climate risk, found that improvements are needed in climate risk disclosure to make it more useful for risk assessment and portfolio management. Since the Task ...

Chief economist update: Worse news is better news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
... that the U.S. economy was experiencing, strong fiscal policy support would be necessary to encourage expeditious improvements in labor market conditions." Health maybe wealth but in the US of A, wealth -- i.e., more money -- trumps (pun intended) hea ...

Young-old wealth gap widest in 18 years

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... all very used to the idea our children will live better lives than we do," Dr Miller said. "We expect continuous improvements in government services, better products, higher incomes, and improved health. But an increasing majority of parents fear that ...