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New Future Fund chief executive

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... Future Fund Board of Guardians Peter Costello announced the appointment of Raphael Arndt as the Future Fund Management Agency's chief executive officer. Arndt has been chief investment officer since 2014. Prior to that, he was the Future Fund's head ...

Calls for super funds, government to collaborate on energy security

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... Statistics. It has long been under the requirement to hold 90-days of its net oil import mandated by International Energy Agency rules. Former deputy chair of Australia's Air Force John Blackburn, who now works as a consultant, called for the government ...

The blame game

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... large, conglomerate sector with only subtle differentiation, where the structure of that large industry has created a large agency risk with inherent conflicts," he explained. "I think some of the criticism levelled at the industry is harsh and unnecessarily ...

Oil tanks

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... of global supply - in May and June. Not enough to arrest the slide in oil prices. According to the International Energy Agency's April "Oil Market Report, "Global oil demand is expected to fall by a record 9.3 mb/d year-on-year in 2020. The impact of ...

ASIC demands compliance despite COVID-19

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... is warning companies keep their control framework in-line when working from home, after control failures led a betting agency to open a market covering the performance of the S&P/ASX 200 index. ASIC has publicly chided Sportsbet, after the giant bookmaker ...

Australia's AAA rating at risk

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... the outlook has deteriorated since the government's initial Economic Response announced on 12 March 2020." The ratings agency said the enlarged budget deficit is expected to remain for the next two years, but is expected to ease due to the overall strength ...

Big banks cop a beating

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... the major banks, and their New Zealand subsidiaries, due to its expectation of a significant economic shock in 1H20. The agency said it expects GDP to shrink in 1H20, with only a modest recovery starting in 2H20 and extending into 2021. "Unemployment ...

Not safe to launch: APRA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... bank's 2020 interim dividend settings as part of the 2020 half year results process. APRA's warnings come as ratings agency Fitch downgrades the Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) ratings of Australia's big four banks and their New Zealand subsidiaries ...

Chief economist update: Great Scott! Mighty Mo to the rescue

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... several bushfire recovery measures - topped by a A$2 billion funding for the establishment of the National Bushfire Recovery Agency - for one can read between the lines of their pronouncements that he and Treasurer Frydenberg still wanted to have the ...

FASEA exam to go online

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
... the measure in light of "the evolving COVID-19 pandemic and in the best interest of all people involved in the exam". The agency said exam provider ACER would directly advise April FASEA candidates of their options. "FASEA continues to receive and act ...