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Chief economist update: Brexit la la la

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019
... on Brexit. "In October, the UK and EU agreed a Withdrawal Agreement and Political Declaration as well as a flexible extension of Article 50. As a consequence, the perceived likelihood of a no-deal Brexit has fallen markedly and the sterling exchange ...

ASIC called out over super fund disclosures

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019
Challenger's Jeremy Cooper has labelled ASIC's extension for portfolio holding disclosures a "free kick" for the superannuation industry. The regulator announced earlier this week that it is extending the deadline for super trustees to disclose ...

Extension for super fund portfolio disclosures

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission has extended the deadline for superannuation trustees to disclose their portfolio holdings. ASIC said it amended the order to provide "legal certainty" about the first reporting day, given that the ...

AMP extends adviser deadline

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
... commissions, and in some cases needed time to consider where to go to or who to merge with," he said. Commenting on the extension, AMP said: "AMP wanted to provide sufficient time for practices to consider their options, after which they enter into a ...

Labor supports FASEA extension, confusion remains

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2019
... financial adviser told Financial Standard he recently approached his local Labor member to ask that the party support the extension to the FASEA deadline, only to find it already does. Terry Pinnell, a financial adviser and chair of the Ethical Advisers' ...

ASX updates listing rules

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019
... to serve the interests of issuers, investors, and the Australian economy," he said. One of the changes included the extension of the 'good fame and character' condition to non-director chief executives as well as directors. The ASX said respondents ...

Bloomberg launches equity benchmarks

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
... bond ESG indices. Global head of Bloomberg indices Steve Berkley said building equity index capabilities was a natural extension of Bloomberg's existing suite of fixed income, commodity and currency indices. "We are responding to requests from investors ...

Senate secures members' interest changes

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
... shown through this process." Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees chief executive Eva Scheerlinck said the extension to the commencement date was "much-needed and welcome", but noted implementing the dangerous occupation carve-out would be ...

Government moves to expand design, distribution laws

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
... depository interests in specific circumstances. According to the explanatory memorandum for the draft regulations, the extension ensures the obligation can now make a target market determination to a financial product "that consists of the rights of ...

Chief economist update: Germany in the budget's shadow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2019
... economic growth (and the possibility of a recession), German GDP would be less this year (perhaps, even in 2020) and by extension, the amount of deficit Berlin could spend on its budget. But if you ever doubted the saying that "necessity is the mother ...